{"id":649,"date":"2013-01-06T20:13:06","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T20:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grumpyguyinc.com\/?p=649"},"modified":"2022-03-31T22:46:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T22:46:58","slug":"1907-hampden-pocket-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grumpyguyinc.com\/?p=649","title":{"rendered":"1907 Hampden Pocket Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This watch belonged to my great grandfather.&nbsp; It is a Hampden Pocket Watch, circa 1907.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a description of the General Stark model:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote><h3 id=\"vw-head-13\"><b><span style=\"color: blue;\">General Stark<\/span><\/b><\/h3><div id=\"collapseobj_368540_13\">The Hampden Watch Co. grade General Stark, a modest model 4, 16-size, 17-jewel, nickel-finished, unadjusted movement, available in both open-face and hunting-case versions, was introduced after the turn of the century. The grade was also produced as a 12-size, 15-jewel watch. General John Stark, for whom the watch was named, was a revolutionary war hero of Bunker Hill and Bennington fame. The Hampden Watch Co.&#8217;s home of Canton, Ohio is in <a href=\"http:\/\/homepages.rootsweb.com\/%7Emaggieoh\/mstark.html\">Stark County<\/a>, which probably accounts for the company naming a watch grade in his honor.<\/div><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grumpyguyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_4473.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/grumpyguyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_4473.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grumpyguyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_4473.jpg 576w, https:\/\/grumpyguyinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_4473-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a 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Here&#8217;s a description of the General Stark model: General Stark The Hampden Watch Co. grade General Stark, a modest model 4, 16-size, 17-jewel, nickel-finished, unadjusted movement, available in both open-face and hunting-case versions, was introduced after the turn of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[176],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>1907 Hampden Pocket Watch - Grumpyguy Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/grumpyguyinc.com\/?p=649\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1907 Hampden Pocket Watch - Grumpyguy Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This watch belonged to my great grandfather.&nbsp; It is a Hampden Pocket Watch, circa 1907. 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