searching for info on my Hamilton pocket watch

[vandd]

this is a beutifull watch inwhich i am attending to restore. on the back of the movement it states:
ADJUSTED 674111
17 JEWELS
Hamilton Watch Co.
LANCASTER, PA.
And on the case it states:
C.W.C.CO
TRADE MARK
STERLING
4
17248
the 4 is in a box
here is some pics i took to help anyone out
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u115/45114/0024.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u115/45114/0021.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u115/45114/0026.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u115/45114/0031.jpg

[Kent]

vandd4621:

Your watch is a grade No. 926, built in 1910.

Nice!

[vandd]

id it rare or naything, it is the first that opens so you can see the entire movement.

[Kent]

There were over 80,000 grade No. 926 movements made. I'm not sure what the percentage was of those that were finished with gilt trim (a term used to describe gilt screws and regulators), but even if it was only 5%, that'd still be over 4,000 movements. We'll never know for sure because the records don't indicate what type of finish was used. Anyway, that's starting to get down to were it might be called slightly uncommon but it can never properly be called rare.

Or, are you referring to the swing ring case? This type of case is very common. The term "Swing-Ring (http://static.flickr.com/47/146084194_d7b355fc75_o.jpg)" (SR), sometimes referred to as "Swing-Out," is usually applied to those cases in which the movement is mounted on a ring which, is hinged to "swing-out" from a cup-shaped back. This is an open-face case, designed to hold a movement with the winding stem at the 12 o'clock position. An SR case appears similar to a screw back and bezel case. However, there are only two outer parts, the bezel, which is the ring around the dial that holds the crystal (glass), and back, so there is only one joint visible when the SR case is carefully looked at. This style was made by many watch case companies such as Crescent (http://photos9.flickr.com/13966764_fbd5b637c7_o.jpg), Illinois (http://photos9.flickr.com/11784066_e51064e004_o.jpg) and Keystone in Silveroid (http://photos8.flickr.com/11784067_096cdde34c_o.jpg), or Gold-Filled (http://static.flickr.com/44/146113395_1f20fc835e_o.jpg) (the other companies' swing-ring cases were also available in gold-filled styles).

Oh, since it is a sterling silver case, the '4' in the box indicates that it is 4 ounces.

[vandd]

thanks kent