Ball pocket watch - Illinois Model 1 (Grade 417) Commercial Standard
1926
SN B402338
19 Jewel
Elegant case (possibly gold filled?)
Size 12s (the pillar plate diameter is 20.32 mm or 0.80 in.). The watch case diameter is 44.45 mm or 1.75 inches. The crystal diameter is about 41.09 mm or 1.62 inches.
It works: it winds, ticks, moves hands
In a velvet watch case.
I recently inherited this beautiful watch from my father. I’m selling it because I seldom have pockets for a watch!
Sold as is; no returns.
The Pocket Watch Database page for this watch is at: https://pocketwatchdatabase.com/search/result/ball/B402338
Ball Watch Company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1891. It is linked to American railroad history, because their pocket watches set the standard for all watches used on American trains at the end of the 19th century.