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| Size | 24.5mm across (without crown) and 35mm from lug tip to tip |
| Dial |
Original black dial with large white lumed numbers and stained-glass style hour and minute hands inset also with white lume. Large amber second sub dial at bottom of dial and gold railroad track minute marker around dial edge. |
| Case |
Rectangular corner cut case with extraordinary crisp design elements around bezel on on all four case sides. This case has likely never been polished as the detail is "as new". Quite amazing for a watch that is almost a century old. back is brushed and has a slight curvature. Inside case back signed Gruen and marked "14K Gold Filled Reinforced with Extra Gold, Wadsworth, serial 5257975 and model 179 27. |
| Movement |
Fitted with a Gruen Guild manual wind movement, Cal 179, 15 jewels with 3 adjustment, serial number 321635. Sets and winds smoothly, keep good time and provided with a 6-month mechanical warranty. |
| Strap |
Fitted with a new brown Chainon leather strap (16mm) with a silver buckle |
| Age | Late 1920s |
| Crown | Unsigned silver crown |
| Other | When will you find another 100 year old Gruen Guild in a case like this? I'm calling this case as NOS |
| SKU | 2345 |