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All nicely wrapped up in a Crescent case: ![]() | ||||
An ad for the Grade 281: Notice those miserable half-headed case screws? ![]() | ||||
Fronting it is one of my favorite dials, the radial 24-hour red/black double-Arabic: My thanks to Brian Cavanaugh for supplying NOS hands for this watch. ![]() | ||||
The beautiful Wadsworth 20yr case was supplied by my friend Phil Sanchez: ![]() | ||||
Any Seth Thomas fancy dial is difficult to find; it's nearly impossible to run across flawless ones ... ![]() | ||||
... and this example certainly qualifies. Just stop for a moment and look at the delicate tracery woven into the numerals, and the silver dots at the minute marks. ![]() | ||||
Backing that gorgeous dial is a pendant-set 15-jewel two-tone Grade 159: ![]() | ||||
All wrapped up in another bezel-less internal thread gold-filled case: ![]() | ||||
Here is an 1896 ad for the Maiden Lane. Note the serial number, 205528 ... ![]() | ||||
... is only six numbers away from this example, SN 205536 - and note the pattern change. I believe the patterns may have changed with every run of 10 or 20 movements. ![]() | ||||
Paired with this Maiden Lane is the fabled Gothic dial: ![]() | ||||
Protected by an excellent B&B case with a blank cartouche supplied by IHC185's own Rob Jones: ![]() | ||||
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Eric this is really a fantastic post....Thanks for all the work you have put in and I agree with Phil ![]() I knew you had Seth's but I had no idea of the extent....if you have more lets see them.... The very best regards, Jerry | |||
Thanks, Jerry ![]() Seth Thomas, as far as I can tell, had two plate signatures for the Model 5 - the blocky font shown on previous examples, and this one, a more flowing script, on this early (SN 203398) 17-jewel Grade 182: ![]() | ||||
The movement is paired with this Roman 24-hour dial with open-kite hands: ![]() | ||||
Fitted into a gorgeous white-gold Illinois case: ![]() | ||||
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Bravo Eric, once again kudos for your great photographs, this thread will be a great reference for members in the future, and will not get buried, like the individual pocketwatch postings, a fantastic collection you have concentrated on. Larry | |||
Thanks, Larry ![]() Compiling any kind of list is difficult; there's just no records. Below is an excerpt from Chris Bailey in a 1980 article about the company: Note the watercourse that ran directly under the factory. ![]() | ||||
This Model 5 is fronted by the black-only variant of the 24-hour double-Arabic radial dial: Again, thanks to our own Brian Cavanaugh for supplying NOS hands for this watch. ![]() ![]() | ||||
It's another variant of the Grade 182. Notice the gilt "volcano" style plate screws: ![]() | ||||
It's housed in a truly gargantuan Philadelphia Silverode case ... ![]() | ||||
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