This one isn't anything special but it's a family piece. An Illinois model 6, grade 89, 17J, and adjusted to 3 positions and temperature, it was made in 1917. It was my dad's grandfather's. He was a kinda interesting man who held many jobs over the years, one of which was with the railroad (though this isn't a railroad grade watch), he served in three Navy in WWI, was a butcher, and an undersheriff. I'm sure that he did several other things along the way as well.
I first remember my dad carrying this watch when I was kid. I asked him for it when I was 7, a request which he declined, but he did give it to me when I was in high school. I wore it fur a number of years but not long after college retired it.
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