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Antique Elgin Pocket Watch, 1927
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Antique Elgin Pocket Watch, 1927

1900 - 1920
Description

Antique Elgin pocket watch, 1927.

The watch has a 17-jewel grade 345 stem-winding movement which is working nicely. The movement is fully signed and it has the serial number 29,102,916 which dates it back to 1927.

The watch measures 45mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. The case is gold filled and was made by the Illinois Watch Case Company. It is in nice condition with decorative detailing around the side.

The glass lens has a couple of minor marks but you have to look closely to see them.

The signed dial is in its original finish with original blued steel hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and outer minute markers.

The watch comes in a new presentation box.

Declaration

The Vintage Wrist Watch Company has dated this 1920s Elgin Pocket Watch to the 1920s.

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Description
Antique Elgin pocket watch, 1927.

The watch has a 17-jewel grade 345 stem-winding movement which is working nicely. The movement is fully signed and it has the serial number 29,102,916 which dates it back to 1927.

fig 1. An Art Deco open-face Elgin pocket watch featuring an engraved gold-toned case, textured cream dial, sub-seconds dial, and Arabic numerals.
fig 1. Antique Elgin Pocket Watch, 1927

The watch measures 45mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. The case is gold filled and was made by the Illinois Watch Case Company. It is in nice condition with decorative detailing around the side.

fig 2. An Art Deco open-face Elgin pocket watch featuring an engraved gold-toned case, textured cream dial, sub-seconds dial, and Arabic numerals.
fig 2. Antique Elgin Pocket Watch, 1927

The glass lens has a couple of minor marks but you have to look closely to see them.

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The signed dial is in its original finish with original blued steel hands, a subsidiary seconds dial and outer minute markers.
The Vintage Wrist Watch Company

The watch comes in a new presentation box.

Date of Manufacture

The Vintage Wrist Watch Company has dated this 1920s Elgin Pocket Watch to the 1920s.

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SA1204099
The Vintage Wrist Watch Company
The Vintage Wrist Watch Company
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Specialists in antique and vintage wrist watches and pocket watches

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An Art Deco open-face Elgin pocket watch featuring an engraved gold-toned case, textured cream dial, sub-seconds dial, and Arabic numerals.
Antique Elgin pocket watch, 1927
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An Art Deco open-face Elgin pocket watch featuring an engraved gold-toned case, textured cream dial, sub-seconds dial, and Arabic numerals.
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The Elgin National Watch Company was an American horological manufacturer operating from 1864 to 1968, renowned for producing precision mechanical timepieces using standardized mass-manufacturing techniques.

Pocket watches from the 1920s commonly featured cases made of solid gold, gold-filled rolled plate, or nickel alloys, surrounding glass crystals and metallic or enamel dials.

Authenticity can be verified by checking the movement serial number against historical production databases, examining period-correct Art Deco dial typography, and inspecting case hallmarks.

An antique pocket watch can be displayed upright under a small glass dome or on a dedicated stand, placed in a desk tray, or worn traditionally with a fob chain attached to a waistcoat.

Mechanical timepieces require regular horological servicing every three to five years, protection from moisture and magnetic fields, and gentle manual winding at consistent intervals.
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