Seems cheap.
The Hamilton may be a recase as the movement holding screw has mark adjacent to it.
I happened across this Hamilton 950B lever set and this Elgin B W Raymond in an antique shop. Both run and dials don’t have any noticeable cracks. The lever for the Hamilton Lever set seems deep (or broken off). I made an offer and they countered with $700 for the pair. This is a pretty quick transaction. Your expertise, thought, and suggestions are needed and appreciated. Thanks!
Sometimes that little lip of a lever has just slipped a hair....hopefully.
Someone would really want to and continue to want to break that metal lip.
Take a loop.
Both are a buy, easily, at that $700 total price.
Speaking of my new 950, I've been wearing it for a week and timining it against the US Naval Observatory. Over a week it's lost 12 seconds. I'm thinking about making a "should I return it?" post complaining that a 112 year old watch shouldn't lose 48 seconds in a month. Here a couple of pictures to remind you of just how nice this one is.
I’ve had my Hamilton 950 for about 30 years. I went through it right after I bought it, but it hasn’t been touched since then. I don’t think I’ll be checking it to determine the weekly rate. While I like my 950B, I 💕 my 950!
Hamilton produced 4,000 or so 950s in stem set, and 17,000 odd in lever set. Mine is lever set. Yours is which? How do you know mine is a lever set?
Now that you point these fearures out, it is quite obvious. As the 950-950E-950B series evolved there were other changes as well. Here I show my 950 and my 950B. Notice the one-piece barrel bridge on the 950B, and that it has only three barrel bridge screws compared to a two-piece bridge, and 4 screws on the 950. This is because Hamilton adopted some features of the 992B for the 950B. Also, the 950B has the 992B whiplash spring on the regulator. And the whiplash spring on my 950 is chamfered, with a mirror polish on the chamfer. That spring differs to all the other whiplash springs featured in this thread.
Now that you point these fearures out, it is quite obvious. As the 950-950E-950B series evolved there were other changes as well. Here I show my 950 and my 950B. Notice the one-piece barrel bridge on the 950B, and that it has only three barrel bridge screws compared to a two-piece bridge, and 4 screws on the 950. This is because Hamilton adopted some features of the 992B for the 950B. Also, the 950B has the 992B whiplash spring on the regulator. And the whiplash spring on my 950 is chamfered, with a mirror polish on the chamfer. That spring differs to all the other whiplash springs featured in this thread.
