tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855696413978429801.post3914490739906500505..comments2024-03-12T04:10:00.475-07:00Comments on Vintage Hamilton Watch Restoration: 1904 Hamilton 927 Pocket WatchHandyDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083270175066343104noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855696413978429801.post-74916961556880392632014-03-21T13:00:16.329-07:002014-03-21T13:00:16.329-07:00Yup - no doubt that it's not THE original dial...Yup - no doubt that it's not THE original dial... as I said, I took it out of an open faced silverode case. What I don't know is if the dial is AN original - meaning could a customer get a "seconds at 3" dial like that from Hamilton by picking out a hunter movement but putting it in an open faced case? Did Hamilton provide seconds at three dials? I don't know. I do know they had seconds at 9 dials tough - which is what you would get when you put an open faced movement in a hunter case. They did this with the 986 movement and early wrist watches.HandyDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02083270175066343104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855696413978429801.post-33876046973581006892014-03-21T02:10:24.297-07:002014-03-21T02:10:24.297-07:00I don't think that is the original dial. An ...I don't think that is the original dial. An open-faced pocket watch has the stem at 12 and sub-seconds at 6. A hunter has the stem at 3 and the sub-seconds at 6. Hunter movements are frequently moved to open-faced cases, either because of style preference, or the case wore out, or selling a solid gold original case. That usually results in an open faced watch with the the stem at 3 with this type of dial, which is a sure sign of the conversion. Sometimes people also swap in a conversion dial that puts the stem at 12 ... but you can still tell that it is a hunter movement in an open case because the sub-seconds is at 3 rather than 6.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855696413978429801.post-9048772160564988282014-03-10T09:53:54.892-07:002014-03-10T09:53:54.892-07:00That does look very nice in the Gold case! Well do...That does look very nice in the Gold case! Well done.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16916777082507383147noreply@blogger.com