R.W CO  ROCKFORD  ILLS14 CT GOLD LEVER SETTING ORIGINAL POCKET WATCH SERVICED AND WORKING CASE RESTORED CLEANED AND GIVEN A LIGHT POLISH MOVEMENT SERIAL NUMBER  200759 ,OUTER LIDS  SERIAL NUMBERS  342876 34876 INNER CASE SERIAL NUMBERHands - gun ,metal blued steel flip open the front cover by pressing in on the crown the outer lid will open exposing the hand setting lever , which is pulled out towards the crown and then the time is set to the desired time shallow spade matching original hands Dial - cream with age roman numerals with subsidiarity seconds handMovement -Signed R.W.CO ROCKFORD ILLS PATENT PINION JEWELLED LEVER MOVEMENTMOVEMENT - THE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN SERVICED AND TIMED WITH LIGHT ERROR / CASE POLISHING AND CLEANING  WINDING HAS NO PROBLEMS AS WELL AS THE HAND SETTING A AFTER MARKET POCKET WATCH BOX WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH THE WATCHSERVICED AND WORKING DIMENSIONS-GLASS 35 MMCASE  42 MMTO CROWN 55 MMTO BOW 61 MMDEPTH  12MM 14 CT GOLD WEIGHT INCLUDING CASE GLASS AND MOVEMENT 58.64 GRAMS AND A 14 CT GOLD WEIGHT OF 17.5 GRAMSHAND ENGRAVED WITH A GARLAND ENGRAVING PLATE WHICH CAN BE INITIALLED WITH THE RECIPIENTS INITIALS OR MESSAGETHE REAR HAS BEEN ENGRAVED WITH A COLLIE SHEEP DOG  FARMING BACKGROUND OR DOG LOVERS DEPICTIONHAND SETTING - Push down on the crown the front lid will open fully and allow the hand setting lever to be pulled out to engage the hands ,turning the crown will set the hands and returning the leaver will allow the cover to be closed  when this setting of the hands is being completed the glass and inner bezel do not lift and expose the dialThe Rockford Watch Company, located 93 miles from Chicago on the Rock River, began operation in 1873 using equipment purchased from the Cornell Watch Company. Two of Cornell's former employees, P. H. Wheeler (Wheeler's Patent, etc) and C. W. Parker became key employees of Rockford. Their factory building was built in 1875-76, and was located on the 300 block of South Madison in Rockford (parts of the original factory building were later used by Rockford High School).Their first watch, a key-wind, 18-size, full plate with expansion balance was placed on the market on May 1, 1876. By 1877, the company was producing its own 3/4 plate nickel movements that fit standard size cases. The highest grades of early Rockford watches were signed "Ruby" or "Ruby Jewels" which later became a stylised letter "R" engraved next to the jewel-count. Rockford watches were quite popular with railroad men, as 3 railroads went through Rockford, and the company advertised heavily to them. Many of the later Rockford watches are signed "RG" for "Railroad Grade" The company had financial difficulties in 1896, and after reorganisation the name was changed to Rockford Watch Co. Ltd. They finally closed their doors in 1915.Rockford is one of the companies that produced a relatively small number of good-quality watches, and as such they are quite collectable.