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I just finished cleaning & servicing this Waltham 18s 11jewl key wind model 1857 from a run production of 100. It took days to get the case all cleaned up,and it needed a balance staff &mainspring. Also a nice new crystal

What interested me in the first place is it has the key built into the crown so you don't lose it. Apparently it wasn't a popular option because it didn't last. 

I bought it from a guy that didn't know of this feature or he would have charged me a whole lot more.

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1 hour ago, oldhippy said:

 

I don’t think I have ever seen one before.

I read somewhere that the started making these during our "Civil War" for the Army so they woulden't loose the key. That sounds a bit far fetched.

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