South Bend Grade 429

This one is a South Bend pocketwatch, 12 size, 19 jewels, grade 429, made about 1922.

This South Bend is a "bridged" movement. The train bridges are 2 pieces designed to appear to be four. It allows more of the works to be viewed when assembled.

This ratchet wheel had a broken tooth. I had to locate and order a replacement. I am rarely stumped for a vintage Elgin part, I almost always have what I need on hand. But other makes, not so much.

Many antique watch parts are getting much harder to find, very quickly. I didn't have too much trouble finding one of these though.

 Here are a couple views of the winding/setting mechanism.

This is the movement in winding mode (stem clicked in). The clutch is at the right. In setting mode, it is moved over to the left to engage the gears to move the hands.

The dial is a painted metal type. Any attempt to clean it with more than a gentle, soft brush would take the markings off. The label "South Bend" is almost not visible as it is from dirt and wear - and possibly earlier attempts to clean it.