Original 17-jewel Model 6 Elgin Hunter w/ Provenance

Imagine deciding to give a new gold watch to a loved one as a gift - the saving of the egg money every week, figuring out your budget, the secret trips to the local jeweler, deciding on a wonderful piece, having it inscribed, wrapping it, waiting for the day to arrive - and then watching their face light up as they unwrap it. That's the great thing about Christmas provenance dates, and this fantastic example bears the date of December 25th, 1908 on the cuvette, four years before the Titanic stopped at Cherbourg to pick up Molly Brown. It's an all-original 17-jewel Grade 241 Model 6, thoroughly cleaned for its next owner, with all of its factory jewels intact and the dust band still there. It fronts a flawless Roman-numeral dial behind what must have been a splurge purchase of fancy Louis XIV hands, uncommon but entirely possible and correct. It's housed in a superb 25-year gold-filled Dueber case with the afore-mentioned inscription on the cuvette and what are almost certainly the first owner's initials on the shield. The hinges have so little use on them that they're still tight, as is the bow and stem. Matching lanyard and display stand included.