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High-grade lever pocket watch movement · United States

South Bend Watch Company 'Premier' Grade Movements

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Represents South Bend's top production grade aimed at the railroad and quality-watch market during the company's relatively short independent production run before closure in the 1920s; individual examples require grade- and serial-specific verification.

Technical facts

Escapement
Lever, adjusted in the higher grades
Jewel count
Commonly 21 jewels in top grades — verify per example

Historical significance

  • Represents South Bend's top production grade aimed at the railroad and quality-watch market during the company's relatively short independent production run before closure in the 1920s; individual examples require grade- and serial-specific verification.

Sources & references

  1. NAWCC Bulletin, articles on South Bend Watch Company history and grades

Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.