DESCRIPTION:
APW - Illinois, Sangamo marked "Extra," 21J, 16S, gold-filled HC recase, white enamel DS dial, SW-LS, bright spotted pattern nickel damascene, s#1667984. An extremely rare watch, the total production of this particular "Extra" marked Sangamo variant is believed to be only 50 made or less. Illinois made several varieties of open face and hunting case Sangamo with "Extra" marking, and the style as seen with this example having "Extra" marking to the barrel bridge below an "Adjusted 6 Positions" marking is the earliest of the "Extra" marking types. This particular example offered here is pictured in Bill Meggers and Roy Ehrhardt's Illinois book on page 129 alongside several other variants of the "Extra" and "Special" marked Sangamo grade movements.
CONDITION:
Mvt: Running, excellent-plus cosmetic mvt condition overall, bright lustrous surfaces with few micro-fine scratches, losses of black color to mvt lettering, steelwork with some small oxide spots; dial with scattered light outer chapter hls, faint hl above seconds-register, edge chip near 7 mostly under bezel, few smaller additional edge chips of flakes under bezel elsewhere; fine hands, seconds-hand with oxide, hour with oxide to tip, hour and minute of mismatched styles; case shows medium wear, ding to upper-left perimeter of rear, slight compression type dent of rear, reduced engraving detail, wear to brass to few areas of band with the most notable being between hinges, screw in rear of case pendant is a replacement and is protruding; tight bow, crown shows medium wear; good glass crystal.
ESTIMATE:
$1000
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$2000
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