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The Encyclopedia of Horology

Springfield, IL, United States · 19th century

H. H. Bunn

Partially verified

Watch factory management

Life & work

Associated with the Illinois Watch Company's famous Bunn Special grade.

Training, contributions & innovations

  • Leading American railroad watch grade

Inventions & patents

  • N/A

Signatures & markings on surviving work

  • Bunn Special, Illinois

Collecting significance

Authenticity depends on signatures and movement quality. For 19th-century makers, serial numbers often allow for precise dating. For modern independents, documentation from the maker is key.

Related photographs

ILLINOIS BUNN SPECIAL RAILROAD WATCH – 1923
ILLINOIS BUNN SPECIAL RAILROAD WATCH – 1923 — WatchMuseum.org, © WatchMuseum.org, used with permission. WatchMuseum.org catalogue record
ILLINOIS BUNN SPECIAL RAILROAD WATCH – 1923
ILLINOIS BUNN SPECIAL RAILROAD WATCH – 1923 — WatchMuseum.org, © WatchMuseum.org, used with permission. WatchMuseum.org catalogue record
ILLINOIS BUNN SPECIAL RAILROAD WATCH – 1923
ILLINOIS BUNN SPECIAL RAILROAD WATCH – 1923 — WatchMuseum.org, © WatchMuseum.org, used with permission. WatchMuseum.org catalogue record

No confidently matched photograph of this subject has been found yet. These photographs show a closely related record, and are not examples of the type described on this page.

Sources & references

  1. Britten, F. J., Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers
  2. Loomes, B., The Early Clockmakers of Great Britain
  3. Ehrhardt, R., American Pocket Watch Identification and Price Guide
  4. Museum catalogue records

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