1955mercury
Posted October 31, 2015 - 9:51pm
The dial on this one appears to have been refinished at some point in time. It has a notch near the winding stem and the seconds circle is not centered over the recess in the dial. So, I wouldn't think the dial details should carry significant weight in identifying this one. Refinished dials are rarely an exact match to the original. The case on this one looks like the American Eagle in this 1934 ad.
But since the ad doesn't give any details on jewel count I'm going to speculate it had a 7 jewel movement because it's priced the same as the Horatio and it had a 7 jewel movement. And as far as I know the Horatio only came in yellow rgp. I think the watch in question could be the American Eagle that's had a movement swap. JMHO.