All-original 18-size Grade 34 Model 2 Seth Thomas Hunter

The Seth Thomas Watch Company's first hunting movement was the 18-size Model 2, debuting sometime in 1888. It was a very elegant design with an extended bridge to carry the center wheel that left most of the gear train exposed. The factory blocked the run intermittently from SN 25101 up to SN 100000, clearly not intending to produce more than 20,000 pieces or so, but the model was revived a few years later beginning at SN 500000 for some unknown reason, even though there were other hunting models available. This second run was nearly identical to the first one with the exception of steel hardware, which took the extra manufacturing step of polishing the screw heads. This 125-year-old survivor was just restored for its next owner with a thorough cleaning and a new mainspring. All of its factory jeweling is still intact and all of the components under the dial are present and correct. It fronts a standard and flawless single-sunk Roman dial behind slender spade hands, and it's housed in an interesting gold-filled no-name case with tight hinges, the original crown and bow, an unmarked cuvette, and a new glass crystal. Matching lanyard and display stand included.