The lever-setting mechanism on this Hampden was a pain to assemble. All the gears, a spring for the lever, and even the minute wheel have to be in place all at once.
The minute hand has been damaged at the boss with a punch. I'm guess this was an attempt to tighten the hand (that's not the way to do it). Also, there was just a tiny bit of glue on the hand and the top of the cannon pinion. The glue comes right off, not so much the marks on the hand.
I usually assemble the whole train, and then add the pallet. But on this watch, as I went to do that, I found that the center wheel blocks one of the screws on the pallet bridge. Weird...
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The watch is a Hampden 16 size, 21 jewel, Wm. McKinley, made about 1912.
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