Antique 1920,stunning, pocket Watch hunting case, Illinois Springfield model 6, it works perfectly.

Antique 1920,stunning, pocket Watch hunting case, Illinois Springfield model 6, it works perfectly.

Illinois Serial Number : 3790942

Production Year : 1920

Size : 45 mm

Jewels : 17 jewels

Grade : 305

Model : 6

Class :64

Run Quantity :2300

Production Dates :1920

Total Grade Production :150270

Movement Configuration :hunting

Setting :Pendant Wind and Set

Movement Finish :gold filled

Plate :Full plate

Barrel :Going

Adjusted : no

Founded in 1870 in Springfield, Illinois, the Illinois Watch Company sold its first watch movement under the name Springfield Watch Company in 1872. The firm began full watch production in 1875. The inaugural model was the Stuart, followed by the Mason, the Miller, the Currier, and finally the Bunn Special, a railroad watch that would become a cornerstone of the Illinois pocket-watch lines. Most of these early pocket watches were key-wound, although stem-wound movements were also produced from 1875 and beyond. Antique Illinois pocket watches from the 1870s, especially the key-wound ones, are highly collectible today.

Most Illinois movements from before the turn of the century had at least 19 jewels, adding considerable value to consumers back then and to collectors now. One notable event in the early years of the company was the release of the first open-face movement marketed in the U.S.

Unlike many of its competitors, who were kept busy by the armed forces during World War I, Illinois did not fare well during the war years. After the war, Illinois continued to make wrist and pocket watches, but financial pressures forced it to sell out to Hamilton in 1927. Hamilton continued to make watches under the Illinois name, but collectors consider the end of Illinois era to be about 1932, when Hamilton shut down the Illinois factory.