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P.S. Bartlett unusual Key wind "Click" to Login or Register 
Greg Campbell
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posted January 23, 2010 19:09
Found this one in a junk pile and had it fixed. I had never found one with a key like this before. The key folds down and stays with the watch.
 
Gerald Zimmermann
posted January 23, 2010 19:46
Greg

Nice find! Even 'common' watches sometimes show something unusual.

US Patent 189600 by William H. Bracy of Boston, Ma

...a device which of itself forms a portion of the watch and dispenses with the neccessity of a seperate key...

Regards,
Gerald

 
Gerald Zimmermann
posted January 23, 2010 20:12
Correct me if I'm wrong but those days the watches were cased by the jeweler so I think this was a special add offered and fitted at a jeweler's shop where movement and case met the first time.

Gerald
 
Edward Kitner
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posted January 24, 2010 09:10
Greg,
Nice looking mdl. 57, and with a scarce add on to boot.
 
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