THIS WATCH IS 100% ALL FACTORY ORIGINAL ELGIN – CASE, DIAL, HANDS AND MOVEMENT – IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION – RUNNING AND KEEPING GOOD TIME! MAN, I LOVE THESE ELGIN MODEL 3056 RAILROAD CASES! GOOD LUCK!
IT HAS A PERFECT, ORIGINAL, RAILROAD DIAL AND ORIGINAL ELGIN COBALT BLUE STEEL HANDS!
THE WATCH COMES IN THE ORIGINAL, ELGIN #3056, SHORT STEMMED, KEYSTONE J. BOSS, RAILROAD CASE SIGNED “CASED AND TIMED BY ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH Co. 10K GOLD FILLED”. YOU GOT TO LOVE THE “DIAMOND BAR” BEZEL AND STEPPED SHOULDERS ON THIS ORIGINAL ELGIN RAILROAD CASE! THE CASE HAS NO WEAR TO BRASS. IT HAS ONE SHALLOW DING ON THE CASE BACK, SOME VERY TINY LITTLE DINGS AROUND THE OUTER EDGE OF THE CASE AND THE NORMAL SURFACE “CUFF” MARKS/SCRATCHES FROM BEING HELD OVER THE YEARS. THERE ARE SOME LIGHT CIRCULAR SCRATCHES ON THE INSIDE OF THE CASE BACK.
A BEAUTIFUL CASE AND A BEAUTIFUL WATCH!
MINTY, CRISP & CLEAN TOP OF THE LINE ELGIN MODEL 20, GRADE 571 SIGNED NICKEL SPLIT PLATE MOVEMENT THAT IS RUNNING STRONG AND KEEPING EXCELLENT TIME. THE BALANCE HAS EXCELLENT POISE AND A STRONG STEADY BEAT.
OFFERED WITH NO RESERVE IS A 1947, 21-JEWEL, ELGIN, 16-SIZE GRADE 571MODEL 20 WITH A BEAUTIFUL RAILROAD DIAL – 100% ALL FACTORY ORIGINAL. THIS IS THE MODEL MARKED “EIGHT ADJUSTMENTS”! ONE OF ELGIN’S FINEST AND HIGHEST GRADE RAILROAD APPROVED VINTAGE POCKET WATCHES! AND WHAT A GREAT EXAMPLE – VERY GOOD CONDITION!
EIGHT POSITIONS? YOU ASK – YES, 8 TOTAL ADJUSTEMENTS: SIX FOR POSITIONS, ONE FOR TEMPERATURE AND ONE FOR ISOCHRONISM (THE ABILITY OF A WATCH TO KEEP THE SAME TIME WHETHER FULLY WOUND OR NEARLY UNWOUND AND ANYWHERE IN BETWEEN).
THIS WATCH HAS THE PATENTED “BALL” MICROMETRIC REGULATOR DESIGNED BY THE FAMOUS
“WEBB C. BALL” HIMSELF! THIS REGULATOR ALLOWS YOU TO PRECISELY TIME THE MOVEMENT.
WHAT MAKES THESE WATCHES SO NICE: HERE ARE A FEW DETAILS; 21 RED RUBY JEWELS, SOLID GOLD BALANCE SCREWS, PATENTED SCREW STYLE “BALL” MICROMETRIC REGULATOR, 8 ADJUSTMENTS, RAILROAD GRADE, DURAPOWER UNBREAKABLE MAINSPRING, FRICTION JEWELS, GOING BARREL, QUICK TRAIN AND A SOLID BALANCE WHEEL WITH “INVAR” HAIRSPRING - THEY JUST DO NOT GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS!
GOOD TIME KEEPER! THE SERIAL NUMBER IS U622,491, WHICH PUTS PRODUCTION IN 1947 – YES, THIS BEAUTIFUL OLD POCKET WATCH IS 79 YEARS OLD AND LOOKS GOOD AND RUNS GREAT – ONE OF THE LAST GREAT RAILROAD WATCHES! OFFERED WITH NO RESERVE – AN EXCELLENT INVESTMENT - PUT IN A BID YOU MAY GET LUCKY!
I am offering this beauty NO RESERVE! Buyer to pay $16.00 for shipping in the US and $39.00 overseas (ACTUAL COST). GOOD LUCK!
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