The Estate of Bessie Mae Carriss

Standard USA Open Face Pocket Watch

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Start price: $5

Estimated price: $40 - $80

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Description

A vintage open-face pocket watch featuring a white dial with black Arabic numerals and a railroad-style minute track. The dial is printed at center with the wordmark STANDARD and U. S. A. below it in black sans-serif characters. A recessed seconds sub-dial is positioned at 6 o’clock, featuring a 60-second scale with numeric markers at ten-second intervals. The time is indicated by dark metal hands; the hour hand features a double-swell spade design and the minute hand is a slender taper. The watch is housed in a heavy, polished white metal case, likely nickel or a similar base metal alloy, with a rounded bezel and a plain, unadorned snap-back case. The manual wind mechanism is operated by a fluted onion-style crown and a circular bow at the 12 o’clock position.Diameter: 2 inchesTotal Height: 2 1/2 inches (including crown and bow).