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The Model 20*
1908 to 1913
The Model 20 was the firm's only known 0-size movement, measuring just a little over an inch in diameter. It was a bold move for the factory, with the popularity of wristwatches slowly on the rise but peaking well after World War I. They first arrived in the 1908 catalog, offered in three jewel choices in a stem-set hunting configuration as an uncased movement or as a wristwatch with a factory-supplied leather strap.
* This is an assigned model number
Grade Assignment
There were only three known grades; all nickel-plated and hunting but with different jewel counts. No private labels have been reported.
The Model 20 Patterns
7-jewel Grade 1
15-jewel Grade 3
17-jewel Grade 9
Unfinished Movements
An unfinished gilt 7-jewel Model 20 has been reported, but with no markings whatsoever. No finished gilt variants have been logged, raising questions about whether this could have been a prototype.
There is no mention of a gilt Model 20 in any of the known catalogs.
Period Ad Cuts
1908
1908
1908
1913
1908
1908
The 0-Size Wristwatches
The Model 20 was offered as a wristwatch with a choice of straps or an uncased open-face watch, because none of the period company adverts actually listed a 0-size nickel or gold-filled pocket watch case. The factory wristwatch case was nickel, with a black Morocco or pig skin strap, selling for $14 in 1908.
Seth Thomas Highlights
The rarest regular-production two-tone pattern of all, made in one block of seventy - and then never again.