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Early 15-jewel Grade 101 Seth Thomas

The name of Seth Thomas carries a proud and unique heritage, founded by a Puritan man with an iron work ethic who was born just after the Revolutionary War in Connecticut. His clockmaking company began producing high-grade pocket watches in 1885, the only American clockmaker to attempt it, and the factory ended up making some of the most gorgeous designs of our railroad era. Imagine owning a timepiece from two centuries ago!

Watch Description

The Model 3 was the successor to the earlier Model 1 with an identical plate layout, though with improvements to the winding pinion, setting mechanism, and mainspring click, and the gear train was upgraded to a quick rate of 18,000 BPH instead of 16,200. Roughly 40,000 of them were produced in all grades, making them fairly scarce. It debuted at SN 10901 in four separate grades, with the 15-jewel adjusted Grade 101 being the highest that the factory had to offer at the time. This survivor from the late 1880s is from the very first block of Model 3s and the second run of its grade overall, and still has all of its original jeweling. It was recently restored with a thorough cleaning and timing, and has a full set of blued screws and an intact regulator assembly. The original snow-white dial is in excellent condition with a cursive signature that matches the plates behind correct blued light spade hands, and the heavy and shiny nickel-silver swingcase was converted to display with NOS glass.

Watch Specs

Manufacturer - Seth Thomas

Serial Number - 12546

Watch Size - 18

Watch Model - 3

Watch Grade - 101

Jewel Count - 15

Winding/Setting - Stem/Lever

Production Year - Around 1888

Company History

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Safely store or display your favorite pieces in a custom wooden cabinet, designed and built to your specifications in your choice of domestic species, finishes, hardware and lighting packages.

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Leather Straps

Leather Straps

Leather Straps

Straps are an alternative to chains, which don't grind up the metal bows. Prevent drops with these supple straps, hand-braided from top-grain leather in your choice of colors.

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