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out of curiosity is your avatar Ultraman?
Picked up a 1931 Hamilton 21-jewel 992E in its Wadsworth No. 2 bar-over-crown case a couple years back in a local landmark gas station turned curiosity shop. Was a “real deal” for the right price. Filthy, it needed service plus a new crown, for someone had deliberately obscured the “Hamilton Railroad” marking with concentric rings off the crown’s top by sanding it off.
Perhaps they thought they were obscuring railroad ownership?
I had the watch serviced last year, but the watch maker forgot to install the replacement crown I had provided. So, I just got the crown installed and am putting the watch into service. Now the watch is all better.