Maker
Illinois Watch
Illinois Watch is named as the maker on documented pocket watch specimens photographed and openly licensed on Wikimedia Commons. Company history, production dates and model ranges require a Tier 1 or Tier 2 horological reference and are not asserted here.
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Published entries
9
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
9 with a credited real-object photo
Dated span
1881 – 1927
7 entries with their own date
Verified or well documented
0
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (9)
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WatchMuseum.org
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Illinois Watch Co. Currier Gold Filled Pocket Watch - 1880-1881
1881
Produced between 1880 and 1881 by the Illinois Watch Company in the United States, this pocket watch is housed in a gold-filled case. The exterior of the case is decorated with ornate engravings, and the case measures 54 mm in diameter. The timepiece is fitted with a white dial featuring Roman numerals for the hour…
Partial type record
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Illinois Pocket Watch Silver Working Case 7 Jewel Hunting - 1886
1886
This pocket watch was manufactured in 1886 by the Illinois Watch Company in the United States. Designed in a Victorian style, the watch features an 18s size silver hunting case fitted with a thick glass crystal. The case measures 58 mm (2.29 inches) in diameter and 22 mm (0.87 inches) in depth. The timepiece is equ…
Partial type record
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14k Yellow Gold Illinois Hand Engraved Pocket Watch with White Dial - 1900
1900
This American pocket watch by the Illinois Watch Company dates to 1900 and features a round 14k yellow gold case. Measuring 38 mm in diameter, the exterior is decorated with intricate hand engraving on the case back in an Art Deco style. The total assembly, comprising the case, crystal, and movement, weighs 72.3 gra…
Partial type record
Joe Haupt from USA
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Illinois Watch Open-face pocket watch, 21 jewels, grade illinois, circa 1922
circa 1922
The Illinois Watch open-face 21-jewel pocket watch is a size 12s timepiece produced circa 1922 by the Illinois Watch Company. Designed as an open-face pocket watch, the model represents the manufacturer's "illinois" grade mechanisms engineered during the final decade of the company's independent operation. Technica…
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Illinois Bunn Special railroad watch, 1923
1923
The Illinois Bunn Special is an American railroad pocket watch manufactured in 1923 by the Illinois Watch Co. in Springfield, Illinois. Measuring 51.1 mm in overall diameter excluding the bow and crown, the watch features a dial with Arabic numerals, minute markings, and the Illinois trade mark. The lever movement…
Partial type record
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Illinois Railway Gold Filled Pocket Watch - Circa 1923
1923
Produced by the Illinois Watch Company circa 1923 in the United States, this pocket watch is housed in a gold-filled case measuring 50 mm in diameter. The watch features a white dial configured with Arabic numerals. The timepiece is driven by a manual-winding railway grade movement designated as the Model 9 Bunn Sp…
Partial type record
Joe Haupt from USA
pocket watches
Illinois Watch Company open-face pocket watch, Sixty Hour Bunn Special, circa 1927
circa 1927
This open-face railroad grade pocket watch was manufactured by the Illinois Watch Company circa 1927. It is a 16s size Model 14 Sixty Hour Bunn Special. The watch is equipped with a 21-jewel lever-set movement featuring a lever escapement, housed in a 10K gold-filled Keystone watch case.
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Illinois Pocket Watch - 20th Century
This Illinois pocket watch dates from the twentieth century and is housed in a round 10k case with a round caseback. The case measures 43.2 mm in width and 24 mm in length. The watch features an ivory dial with numbers. It is powered by a manual-winding movement.
Partial type record
Joe Haupt from USA
pocket watches
Illinois Watch pocket watch, 21 jewels, grade Movement
The Illinois Watch Company 21-jewel pocket watch is a mechanical timepiece produced by the Illinois Watch Company of Springfield, Illinois. Fitted with a 21-jewel movement, examples of this pocket watch type feature gold-filled construction, including housings such as the B&B Royal 20-Year case. These watches are l…
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Dated entries by century
- 19th century3
- 20th century4
Only the 7 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.
Materials recorded in the physical descriptions
- Gold5
- Silver1
- Zinc1
An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.
Confidence of the published entries
- Documented6
- Unverified3
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