Calling all Pocket Watch Buffs

No connection @DaveK . The Montgomery Ward watch was dialled for the Washington Watch Co.

Montgomery Ward history:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Ward

Is the Sears & Roebuck actually an Illinois product?

Oh yes! I called up the pocketwatchdatabase information on the Sears & Roebuck using the serial number under ILLINOIS. If you were to have read that info, you’d have seen that the particular run of watches were all marked for Sears & Roebuck. There was a time when Sears watches became Swiss, when Illinois folded. I don’t know if Sears continued buying Illinois watches after Hamilton bought the company.