WINDMILL village view Antique ELGIN Pocket Watch Co. 18s made in USA Keeps Time!

Description

1910 Elgin National Watch Company 7 Jewels Quick Train Brass movement
Grade 294 Full Plate Size 18s Hand Wind and Hand Set Pocket Watch serial number 14,547,884. Philadelphia Watch Case Company Silver Tone Open Case serial 766,063. Runs Strong!
Elgin National Watch Co. single sunk dial with Windmill village view
. Philadelphia Watch Case Company Silver Tone
Open Case with some scratches, opens and closes well.
C
lean movement for a watch of 111 years old! Very Thick Crystal Glass with some scratches came with years being in use. Winds and sets with as it should (
Time Set pulling the crown up
). Runs Strong and Keeps Time.
Elgin National Watch Company was founded in 1864, right as the civil war was coming to an end. The first watch Elgin was finished in April of 1867 and over the next 100 years, they went on to produce about 60 million mechanical watches. (Elgin & Philadelphia factories brochures are added for interest only and are not part of the listing).
Elgin was originally called the "National Watch Company". The name never really stuck and in 1874, they changed their name to the "Elgin National Watch Company" because most of the watch trade and public were calling them "watches from Elgin". They kept that name until the late 1960s when they stopped producing watches.
FROM THE
AMERICAN HOROLOGY ARCHIVE
:
Elgin National Watch Co.
Grade: 294
Manufacturer:
Elgin
Manufacturer Location:
Elgin, Illinois
Movement Serial Number:
14547884
Grade:
294
Model:
5
Class:
106
Estimated Production Year:
1910
Run Quantity:
3,000
Grade/Model Run:
78 of 211
Total Production:
446,200
Size:
18s
Jewels:
7j
Movement Configuration:
Open face
Movement Finish:
Gilt
Movement Setting:
Pendant
Plate:
Full Plate
Barrel:
Going
Train:
Quick
Regulator:
Plain
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