Illinois Early Stainless Steel Sport

Creator: Illinois Watch Company
Movement: Manual Wind
Style: Art Deco
Place of Origin: United States
Period: Early 20th Century
Date of Manufacture: 1915 / 1920
Condition: Excellent It is important to recognize that this watch only had a 12-month warranty when it was new. However, we are so confident of our workmanship and team that we offer an 18-month warranty on all our watches, even those over 100 years old.


FACTORY / HOUSE: Illinois Watch Company
STYLE / REFERENCE: Sports Model
METAL / MATERIAL: Early Experimental Stainless Steel
CIRCA / YEAR: 1915 / 1920
DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 35mm X Diameter 28mm
MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Manual Winding / 17 Jewels / 307 Caliber
DIAL / HANDS: Original Silvered with Blue Arabic Numerals / Blued Steel Hands
ATTACHMENT / LENGTH: Military Style Leather 12mm Fixed Wire Lugs / Regular Length
WARRANTY: 18 months on the movement.
This is a unique and early wrist watch by the iconic American house of Illinois Watch Company. They were renowned for their American railroad watches and as trend setters in wrist watch design. This piece, done with an experimental metal which was designed to resist corrosion and be inexpensive is in excellent condition. It still keeps dependable time as well and the dial is completely original, uniquely the numerals are blue. While it might be considered a womans watch today, in its day it was a mans watch.

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