My Pocket Watch Collection

What can I say? WOW!!! This is an 18 size Illinois "Bunn Special" pocket watch, once of the finest railroad grade watches ever made. And what makes it especially "special" is that it has 24 RUBY JEWELS!!! Now, we all know that railroad pocket watches didn't really NEED more than 21 jewels [for that matter, they probably didn't need more than 17 jewels to be as accurate as they were], but the extra jewels are sort of like the leather interior and the Bose stereo on the best luxury cars. This watch is also adjusted to temperature, isochronism and 6 positions. As with all railroad grade watches from this period, it's stem wind and lever set. The watch has a mint original "gothic" style double sunk railroad dial and is housed in a lovely and highly engraved gold-filled case. The serial number [1606050] dates it to about 1903.