Is Elgin a high end watch?

Is Elgin a high end watch?

Elgin Pocket Watch Most of them are railroad watches or “standard watches” because they are designed according to railroad industry standards. Railroad pocket watches are one of the highest grade watches during that time.

What kind of Watch is an Elgin 17?

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How much does an Elgin pocket watch weigh?

A pocket watch, Elgin. USA. Circa 1920’s. 42 mm. 17 Jewels. Case number 047511. Movement number 30523973. Second’s subdial at 6 o’clock. 14ct gold. Weight 72.16 grams. Gold filled curved chain weight 15.55 grams.

When was the most recent Elgin Watch book published?

The most recent version is from 1999 and is notupdated every year. As the title implies, this book doesn’t cover wrist watches, but it does, however, cover pocket watches more completely with much better information about how to identify them.

When did the Elgin National Watch Co stop making watches?

After 1925, You will find factory models with the case back being stamped “CASED AND TIMED BY THE ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH CO” but there are exceptions to this as well, this continued until about 1969ish.

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How can I estimate the value of my Elgin Watch?

The Online Elgin Databasecan be used to give an estimate about the value of a watch. First, enter the serial number off the movement of the watch. Along with a lot of other information about your watch, toward the bottom will be a link to the search eBay logs for the same grade as your watch.

When was the first Elgin pocket watch made?

Founded in 1864 in Elgin, Illinois, just as the American Civil War was coming to an end, the company released its first watch to the market in 1867, an 18 sized BW Raymond railroad grade pocket watch, which took six months to complete and sold for a whopping $117 (several years ago, it was purchased at auction by the City of Elgin for $15,000).

How did Elgin National Watch Company get its name?

After a year of designing and building the lathes and machines to achieve seemingly impossible levels of precision, a team of watchmakers and mechanical engineers produced their first pocket watch movement, named for mayor “B.W. Raymond.” The watch was exquisite: Elgin National Watch Company was born.