This 1907 Seth Thomas open-face 18-size Model 5 pocket watch was manufactured with a nickel finished full plate, 17 jewels, and it is not adjusted. The movement is stem wound and pendant set, with a Breguet hair spring, and micrometric regulator. Its serial number is 281030, and its grade is Seth Thomas numbered grade 169. The movement is signed Seth Thomas - Thomaston, Conn.

The movement presents with an 18-size G. W. Kimball - Stark, N.H. private label Roman dial with a ring minute track and red five-minute marginals. It is fitted with Seth Thomas #1281 blued spade hands, 18-size. 

“G. W. Kimball - Stark, N.H.” is a private label in Seth Thomas Model 5.

George Wilder Kimball, born on March 6, 1871, was the proprietor of Kimball’s General Store in Stark New Hampshire. He was a highly respected successful businessman in the community. In his later years he started an automotive dealership and served as the Railroad Station Agent. G. W. Kimball died on April 6, 1927, one month after his fifty-sixth birthday.

The private label movement cased in an 18-size Fahys Watch Case Company 925/1000 Fine (Sterling Silver) open face pocket watch case with a screw back and bezel, serial number 7232440.

The postcard photograph below shows the covered bridge and church in Stark, New Hampshire.