Thursday, December 22, 2016


A revision, of sorts, as this Watch is now a part of My Collection; "The" Hampden 18 size, Electric Railway, Serial No.2640034, 17Jewel, Adjusted, Model 3, Manufactured in 1909.
The Third time this Unique Hampden has been up for Auction.


It's a Pendulum Set [ON3P-A] Dueber Grand, Movement, with a different Barrel Bridge Plate, marked "Electric Railway" rather than "Dueber Grand". It seems to be the only documented example of this model.

It has a Single-Sunk, Arabic,Enamel Dial & Med. Spade, Blued Hands. It has been variously sold as a 1908 & 1910 Hampden but pocketwatchdatabase.com lists it with a manufacturing date of 1909. Possibly a Prototype for the Streetcar & Inter-Urban Market that never went into production. Definitely not intended for use by the Major Railroads as only Lever-Set Movements were acceptable on the Main-Lines. Hampden had a "Electric Railway Standard" 16 Size, Lever-Set, Watch in production in both Open-Face & Hunter configurations but few were made, which leads me to believe that they never became popular with Motormen & Street Car Conductors. 

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