Antique Elgin Pocket Watch

Name: Antique Elgin Pocket Watch
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA779336
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by The Vintage Wrist Watch Company

Description

Antique Elgin pocket watch.

The watch has a good quality 15 jewel keyless top-wind movement which is working nicely. The movement is fully signed and the serial number, 4,415,931, dates it back to 1891. The movement features screw set jewels, Moseley travelling nut regulator and gilded plates.

The watch is a heavy duty piece and it measures 59mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. The case is nickel and it is in good condition with just light surface marks.

The watch glass is in lovely condition.

The signed double sunk dial has had a knock of some kind and there is a little damage with short radiating hairlines. Blued steel hour and minute hands (the minute hand is a period replacement).

The watch comes in a new presentation box.

Declaration

The Vintage Wrist Watch Company has dated this piece to the 1890s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA779336

Dealers Notes

ALL PRICES INCLUDE UK POSTAGE (because of GPSR legislation, we no longer post items less than 100 years old to Europe, including Northern Ireland).

Please contact us regarding international shipping.

All of our watches are checked over before listing, and are also checked for accuracy which is usually within around +/- two to three minutes over 24 hours (unless otherwise stated), which is considered respectable for a vintage watch.

We are a VAT registered company and all purchases are covered by Consumer Regulations.

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We are an on-line only business and do not have facilities for callers. Our offices are open from Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

With regards to appraisals / valuations, we receive a huge number of information requests each day and unfortunately do not have the manpower to deal with them all individually. Our advice would be to contact a local auctioneer for a full appraisal.

Description

Antique Elgin pocket watch.

The watch has a good quality 15 jewel keyless top-wind movement which is working nicely. The movement is fully signed and the serial number, 4,415,931, dates it back to 1891. The movement features screw set jewels, Moseley travelling nut regulator and gilded plates.

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The watch is a heavy duty piece and it measures 59mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop.

The Vintage Wrist Watch Company

The case is nickel and it is in good condition with just light surface marks.

fig 1. Antique Elgin pocket watch — fig 1. Antique Elgin Pocket Watch

The watch glass is in lovely condition.

The signed double sunk dial has had a knock of some kind and there is a little damage with short radiating hairlines. Blued steel hour and minute hands (the minute hand is a period replacement).

The watch comes in a new presentation box.

Date of Manufacture

The Vintage Wrist Watch Company has dated this piece to the 1890s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Ref

SA779336

About the Dealer

The Vintage Wrist Watch Company

Sellingantiques verified Since Jul 2011

Specialists in antique and vintage wrist watches and pocket watches

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