Elgin Pocket Watch Forum

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Elgin pocket watch forum. Antique elgin pocket watch this movement was made in 1926 3 257 249 originally owned by phillip r. I m not sure why you weren t pleased when you looked the watch up but here s some information. These watches were symbols of america s emergence from an agricultural country into an industrial power. Also the names that are marked on the movement have been abbreviated.

113 run quantity. I have an elgin pocket watch that has a serial number of 26308009 made about 1923 grade 345 class 114 code o3n3p 17j 12s 730 900 made and made between 1904 and 1932. Welcome to the nawcc american pocket watch message board. Barbot great uncle by marriage to the current owner.

The elgin national watch co. The national watch company as it was first known introduced its first pocket watch in 1867 but the name of the maker was later changed to elgin national watch company to reflect the name of the city where the watches were produced. Now that i ve finished a couple of other projects i can start on this nice little elgin 12s pocket watch dating from 1921. Many were railroad watches or standard watches as they were often called in the railroad industry designed to meet railway standards.

A guide to elgin pocket watches. Watches are one of the few machines that were made 50 or even 150 years ago that even today can still be practical to use every day. Although the watch has been lovingly kept and restored it has been a few years and needs a clean oil and adjust. I have zero.

The watch codes are similar ones are used by many experienced watch collectors. The elgin watch collectors site this website is dedicated to helping people find out about their elgin watches. The case appears to have some nice tooling on it. Was the biggest american watch company in terms of jeweled movements produced over 50 000 000 in its approximately 100 years of building watches from 1866 to the 1960s.

As elgin produced pocket watches for over half a century there are a variety of styles to choose from based on the decade that the watch was made and its original purpose.