Description

Folks we are pleased to offer for your consideration one of finest and most elusive of Hamilton Pocket Watches this Hamilton Grade 996 Railroad Pocket Watch. This movement has one of the most ornate and beautifully damasked nickel plate movements Hamilton manufactured, without question. The total Hamilton 996′s manufactured were only 23,500 in total between 1915 -1927, a relatively low number over many years keeping demand high for this fine pocket watch. The movement is housed is a White Gold Fill Skeleton or Clear Glass Back Display Case, the prefect case to display this fine movement. This Hamilton Pocket Watch is a wonderful configuration with the Grade 996 Movement, ornate Montgomery Dial, Skelton Display Case highlighted with the original Blued Steel Spade/Whip Railroad Hands; like few other pocket watches in quality, craftsmanship and accuracy. Many are not aware of the Grade 996 due to the extreme low production numbers and very few hitting the open market. I so hope the many pictures and extreme magnification helps in the description of this finest of Hamilton Pocket Watches.

This elusive Grade 996 Hamilton Pocket Watch Railroad Movement is a lever set and a size 16 measuring two inches in diameter the most popular of sizes. This movement has 19 jewels, motor barrel, adjusted to 5 positions, double roller and is adjusted to heat and cold. The Hamilton 996 also has a high-grade regulator, solid gold balance weights, raised gold jewel cup settings, gold center wheel and train and is lever set stem and stem wound with a steel escapement. This is one of the finest of all Railroad Pocket Watches, a truly fine design that makes for an incredibly accurate pocket watch. This fine Hamilton Grade 996 has just been serviced and is and excellent timekeeper.

This Hamilton 996 is faced with one of the most popular of railroad dials, this pristine Montgomery Dial with every minute maker in Arabic numerals and every 5 minutes highlighted in red around the outer circumference. The Montgomery Dial is the height of functionality with little room left for error in timekeeping. This fine dial is in excellent condition with the popular antique Hamilton signed script. This wonderful Montgomery Dial is what is referred to as double sunk, with a sunken center chapter for the Hamilton logo and then a raised outer circumference for the stylized bold Arabic font with every minute marker in Arabic numerals and every 5-minute marker highlighted in red, then we have a sunken sub chapter for the second hand. These beautiful dials are made using three Copper plates soldered together, then coated with many layers of baked silica for the rich glass/porcelain finish. This dial is just beautiful and again one of the most popular of all Railroad Dials.

This is another excellent example of the of the late 18th early 19th Century ingenuity that made the American Pocket Watch a world wide standard for accuracy and beauty in timekeeping.

All Antique and Vintage Pocket Watches are Cleaned, Oiled and Adjusted for Accuracy and warranted for one full year from the date of purchase.