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The Hamilton Watch Co was incorporated in 1892 from the remnants of the Aurora, Lancaster, Keystone, and Adams & Perry companies, named for the Scottish attorney who founded the Pennsylvania town of Lancaster, where the factory was located. Their goal was simply to make the best watches possible for the time, and it worked, because a decade later Hamilton watches would have half of the market share, retailed primarily to railroad personnel. The 16-size 956 ordinarily came in a tri-fold Hamilton-marked gold-filled case but could also be cased in a factory salesman's case for ease of the sale, and that's how this example is protected - in a nickel display case with both bezels marked Hamilton. The movement was just freshly cleaned and restored, and still retains each and every one of its original seventeen jewels, an increasingly rare thing. The 956 had a special double-sunk dial with slanted Arabic numerals, and this one is flawless behind blued spade hands.