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VERY RARE ROCKFORD 21 JEWEL RAILROAD GRADE 501 SOLID 18K POCKET WATCH, RUNNING! VERY RARE ROCKFORD 21 JEWEL RAILROAD GRADE 501 SOLID 18K POCKET WATCH, RUNNING!
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FROM A LOCAL ESTATE, I OFFER:
ROCKFORD, GRADE 501, 21J, 16S, MODEL 4, 18K GOLD ROCKFORD SIGNED HUNTER\'S CASEWITH GOLD CUVETTE BEARING 1913 ENGRAVING,MONTGOMERY WHITE ENAMEL DS DIAL,SW-LS, FULLY CAPPED LEVER ESCAPEMENT, MVT MARKED \"RG\" DENOTING RAILROAD GRADE, FISHSCALE PATTERN NICKEL DAMASCENE.GROSS WEIGHT OF ASSEMBLED WATCH 64.2 DWT (99.9 GRAMS).WHILE THIS MOVEMENT HAS AN IDENTICAL VISUAL APPEARANCE TO ROCKFORD\'S GRADE 510, THIS WATCH IS IN FACT FROM THE SINGULAR RUN IDENTIFIED AS GRADE 501 IN THE FACTORY SERIAL RECORDS.TOTAL PRODUCTION OF THIS RUN WAS ONLY 60 MADE MAKING THE WATCHES FROM THE GRADE 501 RUN QUITE RARE.THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS SEPARATE GRADE NUMBERING FOR OTHERWISE IDENTICAL APPEARING MOVEMENTS REMAINS OPEN TO SPECULATION. THE TWO THEORIES WE HAVE HEARD FROM ROCKFORD COLLECTORS IS THAT THIS WAS EITHER AN UNINTENDED RECORD KEEPING ERROR ON ROCKFORD\'S PART TRANSPOSING THE LAST TWO DIGITS OF THE GRADE NUMBER FOR THIS RUN, OR WAS PERHAPS AN INTENTIONAL SEPARATION OF THE GRADE NUMBER FOR THIS SPECIFIC RUN POSSIBLY AS FILLING A PARTICULAR CUSTOMER\'S ORDER (OR CUSTOMERS\' ORDERS). EITHER WAY AN INTERESTING AND UNUSUAL BIT OF ROCKFORD HISTORY. FROM DEAN OLSON\'S ROCKFORD COLLECTION.GOOD RUNNING ORDER,EXCELLENT COSMETIC MVT CONDITION OVERALL, BRIGHT LUSTROUS SURFACES, MINOROXIDE ON WINDING WHEELS AND REGULATOR ASSEMBLY
SCRACE MONTGOMERY DIAL WITH A FEW HAIRLINES AND A CHIP
FAIR HANDS
VERY RARE SIGNED CASE SHOWS LIGHT WEAR, TWO DENTS TO BAND, SCATTERED DINGS ON REAR;
TIGHT BOW & HINGES,
CLEAN CRYSTAL
WINDING & SETTING OPERATE PROPERLY
Any ??? please ask before purchasing. Buyer agrees to pay with PAYPAL and will include 19.95 for shipping, handling and insurance ONLY in the U.S.A.. OUT OF COUNTRY is PAYABLE ONLY THROUGH PAYPAL and is EXACT fee for shipping,REGISTRATION,and insurance as calculated at the post office at end of sale only to winning buyer, plus a 5.00 handling fee for out of the country. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Payment due within 7 days of close of sale, NO EXCEPTIONS PLEASE. Please ask ALL questions prior to sale close. If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an email and I will reply as soon as I can. Thanks and happy shopping!
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