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It's the Roaring Twenties, when watch companies began to focus less on the movement patterns and more on the visible parts of the watch, like the dial and case. The Art-Deco look was in full swing, giving rise to plenty of experimentation on dial materials, textured surfaces and fonts.  Combining the origins of both the Mozart Watch and New York Watch companies, the Hampden Watch Co was officially named in 1877 in Springfield, Mass. This 12-size 7-jewel pendant-set Grade 302 looks to be an entirely original combination, and was just restored with a new balance staff and a thorough cleaning, and is now keeping great time. It fronts a metal dial with a embossed-gilt inner chapter and a set of blued moon hands, and comes in a very unusual square century-old Monitor case with a blank shield on the snap-on rear cover, a new crown, and a new beveled glass crystal.