1933 Elgin Grade 495 open-face pocket watch, 12-size, 17 jewels, adjusted to temperature. It’s in an Art Deco 10K gold-filled case and comes with a gold-tone snake chain and belt hook. Inventory RG14.

• Movement serial 34521792, Grade 495, Model 4, made in 1933 at Elgin, Illinois
• 17 jewels, adjusted to temperature, Moseley regulator, damaskeened nickel plates
• Two-tone silvered Art Deco dial with applied gold Arabic numerals, gold spade hands, and subsidiary seconds
• 10K gold-filled case marked “Cased and Timed by Elgin National Watch Co.” Art Deco fan pendant and fluted crown.
• Engraved “J.V.D.” monogram in a diamond cartouche dated 19[24/34]
• Watchmaker service mark inside the case back dated 12-24-53
• Approx. [45] mm case

Condition: [Runs]. The dial has spotting near the 2 and light speckling in the chapter ring. The case shows normal wear and fine scratches, with the gold fill intact. The movement is clean and bright. Sold as-is. Please see the photos.

Elgin National Watch Company of Elgin, Illinois, was America’s largest watchmaker. The slim 12-size watch was the gentleman’s dress pocket watch of the 1920s and 1930s, and Elgin cased many of them at the factory, as this one’s “Cased and Timed by Elgin” mark shows. The Grade 495 came in at the top of the 17-jewel 12-size line, and its two-tone dial with applied numerals is the Art Deco look collectors want.

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