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Illinois Bunn Special Case Models

The following gallery contains Illinois case models that would have been paired with Bunn Special movements at the factory starting in 1925 and sold as complete watches. All Bunn Special watches after 1929 were sold factory-cased. Previous to 1929, jobbers could purchase Bunn Special movements to be cased for customers in a wide variety of cases from different companies.

First Model A

Wadsworth
1924-1932
14k Gold-Filled
Green or White

First Model B

Wadsworth
1924-1932
10k Yellow Gold-Filled

Model 28 "Knurled"

Keystone
1928-1932
14k White, Green, or White/Green Gold Filled
or 10k Yellow Gold-Filled

Model 173 "Engraved"

Keystone
Introduced c.1928
14k Gold-Filled
Green, Green/White, or White

Model 29

Wadsworth
1929-1932
Gold-Filled

Model 107

Keystone
Introduced c.1932
10k Yellow Gold-Filled
or 14k White Gold-Filled

Model 108

Wadsworth
Introduced c.1931
Gold-Filled
10k Yellow or 14k White/Yellow

Model 118

Star
Introduced 1934
10k Yellow Gold-Filled

Model 128

Keystone
Introduced c.1936
10k Yellow Gold-Filled

Model 181

Fahys
1929-1932
Gold-Filled

Model 206

Keystone
1930-1932
Gold-Filled