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Pan American Hawk [message #19220]

Thu, 09 January 2025 23:23

JackW
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Model name: Pan American Hawk
Type: Strap #510, p. 139 of Shawkey's guide
Period/date: 1945-48(-ish)
Gender: Men's

Case Maker: Star Watch Case Co.
Case Material: Yellow Gold fill
Case Serial: 0139288
Case Style no: 420SS - 555

Caliber: 420ss
Movement Maker: Gruen
Movement Serial: A 869266

Bracelet: (na)

Other info:

The PA Hawk is mentioned in a different thread and the image is not the best. A recent review of any new ads added into the Newspaper.com database has this one for the PA Hawk, which seemingly isn't shown elsewhere on this or other forums*:
/vgforum/index.php?t=getfile&id=11336&private=0

/vgforum/index.php?t=getfile&id=11336&private=0

I'll go further out onto the limb here and suggest that the case style (not the dial) is a match to this watch, with the Star Watch Case Co. made case:
/vgforum/index.php?t=getfile&id=11339&private=0

/vgforum/index.php?t=getfile&id=11339&private=0

/vgforum/index.php?t=getfile&id=11338&private=0

/vgforum/index.php?t=getfile&id=11337&private=0

I've not seen this one ID'd elsewhere.

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