A Waltham Equity Half Hunter Pocket Watch, 1917

A Waltham Equity half hunter pocket watch.

The watch has a stem-winding movement, Equity grade, which is working nicely. The movement is fully signed and the serial number 21,793,047 dates it back to 1917. There were only 67,500 watches of this grade manufactured in total which is relatively low when you consider something like a Waltham Traveler when they made over 250,000 of them. The movement is protected by an inner hinged cover.

The watch itself measures 50mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. The case is gold filled and was made by the Illinois Watch Case Company. It was originally “guaranteed to wear 10 years”. There is an indentation to the back of the watch but otherwise the watch is in good condition.

There is a small lens to the front cover surrounded by Roman numerals which are filled with blue enamel. The winding crown pushes in to open the front cover.

Inside there is an acrylic lens which is in good condition. It is very common for the original glass lenses to be replaced and we see this often… it is difficult to tell the difference as they look so similar but they are a lot more durable.

The signed white enamel dial is in very nice condition.

The watch will be sent in a new presentation box.

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