Casker is a leading supplier of wrist watch, pocket watch, and clock parts to professional horologists. Pocket watch size chart esslinger watchmaker supplies blog. Illinois material material assortments balance staffs jewels screws fusee chains and parts. All items sell as is, where is, no guarantees of any kind. The item elgin 0 size 7 jewels fancy dial 1908 grade 320 14k. Need stem for 18s elgin pocket watch watch repairs help. Get the best deals on elgin mechanical handwinding antique pocket watches. For example, at the bottom of this web page is a table that can tell you approximately what year your watch was made. Use this chart to help find the industry size of your pocket watch. This safeguard was developed to protect watches from having their hands jostled out of time accidentally.
While dials could be painted with either roman or arabic numerals, simple arabic numbers were preferred for railroad watches. Elgin watches were manufactured in illinois from 1864 to 1968. Elgin 16size factory blue whip and spade hour and minute hands. Inside the back case cover is the number 8682687 and some hand scribed info under the number e1482 and also hand scribed is 7835 br i dont know if the hand scribes are someones repair notes, or from the factory. L epine paris 4 jeweled hand engraved silver pocket watch 1850 the watch is marked l epine paris however the movement is a typical mid 19th century swiss bar.
Hands please check out the photo price click the link at the end of the description to see a photo. It is called the brooklyn the only difference i can tell it no second hand all the rest of the ansonia pocket watches did have a second hands. All the information i have been able to find suggests that this was possibly made for an automobile installation. A pocket watch or pocketwatch is a watch that is made to be carried in a pocket, as opposed. L epine paris 4 jeweled hand engraved silver pocket watch. Elgin mechanical handwinding antique pocket watches.
Pocket watch balance staff long hub nos free shipping o5. Dials were produced in a huge variety of styles, ranging from the very simple to the very ornate. This will only work on round pocket watch movements. I think the second hand was put on the watch to show the person who bought it that it was running. We carry all available brands of watch material including crystals. Unfortunately i broke the crystal trying to put it back on. Vintage and antique elgin pocket watches collectors weekly. The rich history of the elgin national watch company originally the national watch co. This is a 1919 elgin watch, 18 size, in good shape and in working condition. I recently acquired an elgin 16s grade 480 pocket watch 27012567 with 2 hour hands, a normal minute hand and the normal small second hand at the 6 oclock position. Daves watch parts and tools hands for american watches. Buy elgin pocket watches and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. Pocket watches vary greatly in price depending on the movement, dial.
Something wrong in the winding as it just feel gummy, no ratcheting. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our. American pocket watch hands lot waltham plus hour minute. Elgin watches all prices for elgin watches on chrono24. Pocket watch cases 18s 16s hamilton, illinois, elgin, waltham. These minimize friction and subsequent wear on the inner watch mechanism. Antique rare elgin 18s 17j railroad pocket watch runs great. Elgin pocket watch 1903grade 20818s7j more information at. Measure the diameter of the movement with a digital gauge.
It was the genuine, audacious, selfreliant western spirit. Gold filled hunter case is in sale since tuesday, october 8, 2019. Favorite add to vintage elgin pocket watch serial 6430960 untested not working used. Classifying elgins 1871 movements this is not entirely serious. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about antique elgin pocket watch. Hands for american watches hands for european watches hands for bulova watches. No quartz watch in existence can match the beauty or worthiness of my 128 year old 16s, of, model 5, grade 107, class 29, 15j, 1891 elgin pocket. I have also read that the name of the company wasnt changed to elgin national watch company until 1874. Most of the watches will be within a few seconds a day, but a few may be up to a few minutes a day. We focus on higher quality movements and fully service the movement before we offer the watch for sale. We want each of our pocket watches to represent a solid investment. The number of adjustments meaning the calibrations a watch has to keep it running accurately regardless of the position in which it is held add to the watchs value. I have an elgin gm wheeler pocket watch which used to. Elgin mechanical handwinding antique pocket watches for sale.
Info, specs, and value american antique pocket watches, with serial number lookups for manufacturers such as elgin, illinois, waltham, and hamilton. Where can i pick up a stem for an elgin 18s pocket watch. Elgin antique pocket watches with 15 jewels 18 pocket watch for. I have looked up the serial number 278039 and found the approximate date of manufacture is 1873.
The term jewel refers to the industrial grade gemstones used as bearings for gears. Raymond 18 size, 15 jewels with screwed settings, fast beat 18,000 bph, straightline escapement, expansion balance. Elgin 16s grade 480 with 2 hour hands nawcc message board. Grade, model 1883, hunting style mens pocket watch. Shop forand learn aboutvintage and antique elgin pocket watches. Make offer rare antique railroad 21j 18s elgin grade 349 gold pocket watch mint. My parts inventory is focused on american pocket watches, although i do have some. Guaranteed genuine silverode case numbered 8227141. Keywind hands nos with square hole limited quantity.
Add a vintage timepiece to your collection with your pick from the range of elgin pocket watches, which are very sought after by watch collectors. Small second hands to fit american pocket watches pocket watch small second hands hole sizes 0. Genuine elgin 18 size keywind pocket watch hands, nos black spade style the square hole is 1. Elgin pocket watch for sale shop with afterpay ebay.
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. American pocket watch parts casker jewelers supplies. Jun 15, 2016 1897 vintage elgin pocket watch 7j gold filled case 6s needs. I have an elgin gm wheeler pocket watch which used to belong to my greatgrandfather. Elgin hampden hamilton illinois ingersollwaterbury new york standard south bend waltham other american dials accutron. Get the best deals on pocket watch second hands when you shop the largest online selection at. Some fancy dials were beautiful works of art and were ornately decorated with painted or firedon pastoral scenes or. Elgin national watch company in the spring of 1864 half a dozen ambitious chicago businessmen decided that if massachusetts could build a factory that built watches illinois could, too. Elgin antique pocket watches with chronograph for sale ebay. Note these hands will work for many 18 size keywinds, or if your hole is larger, use a small file to enlarge.
The most common antique elgin pocket watch material is metal. Elgin 18s second hand pocket watch hands blue spade nos. A hidden lever located in a small slot near the edge of the dial must be pulled out before the hands can be adjusted. Popular watch sizes changed over time over the years, the sizes of watches have tended to shrink, so what would be considered a small womans sized watch in the 1850s would be about the same diameter of a mans sized pocket watch in the 1920s. The case was for a swiss copy of an american mvt, deliberately deceiving. Although elgin stopped trading in 1964, the company had almost 100 years of trading, during which time they produced over 60 million watches. Early watches only had an hour hand, the minute hand appearing in the late 17th century. Elgin mechanical handwinding antique pocket watches 1900. Unfollow elgin national watch company pocket watch to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
The item elgin 18s 1907 grade 349 adj 21 jewels fancy sea fome green dial display case is in sale since monday, july 8, 2019. Gents antique elgin gold plated hand winding mechanical pocket watch. Get the best deal for elgin pocket watches from the largest online selection at. Otto frei, watch parts since 1930 customers entrance 126 2nd st. Elgin pocket watch repair repair service of a vintage 1926 elgin 15 jewel grade 317 18s pocket watch. This vintage elgin pocket watch was disassembled and cleaned. For elgin grades 6, 88, 96, 217, 249, 251, 261, 287, 296, 307, 309, 316, 335, 352, 378. Elgin antique pocket watches for sale shop with afterpay.
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