Post by JasonC on Sept 19, 2016 11:56:39 GMT -6
I contacted this guy to see if I could help him out and got some info on this piece for him. Turns out the movement is an ETA 1258, one on the first autos ETA ever made. The 1256 was the first and these came a couple of years later with the addition of a day complication.
The rotor is signed "The Illinois Watch Company" which was owned by Hamilton at the time this was produced. If the internet is to be believed Hamilton was producing these with Hamilton on the dial and the movements signed with the Illinois Watch Company. He thought based on the rotor that the watch was from the 1800's…
www.kijiji.ca/v-jewelry-watch/saskatoon/antique-watch/1200644796?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
The rotor is signed "The Illinois Watch Company" which was owned by Hamilton at the time this was produced. If the internet is to be believed Hamilton was producing these with Hamilton on the dial and the movements signed with the Illinois Watch Company. He thought based on the rotor that the watch was from the 1800's…
www.kijiji.ca/v-jewelry-watch/saskatoon/antique-watch/1200644796?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true