A TOTAL OF ONLY 10,000 OF THESE TOP OF THE LINE, FLAG SHIP, 21-JEWEL, GRADE 374 ELGIN RAILROAD WATCHES WERE EVER MADE. COMPARE THAT TO THE OVER 500,000 THOUSAND HAMILTON 992’s MADE AND YOU GET THE POINT.
THAT IS WHY THE TOP BOOK PRICE FOR THESE TICKING TREASURES IS $1,600.00! THIS IS A NICE EXAMPLE IN GOOD CONDITION AND I JUST HAD IT SERVICED LAST WEEK! GOOD LUCK!
I HAVE JUST HAD THIS WATCH COMPLETELY RESTORED / SERVICED AT CONSIDERABLE COST: DISASSEMBLED, CLEANED, LUBRICATED, REASSEMBLED AND REGULATED. IT IS RUNNING STRONG AND KEEPING GOOD TIME.
OFFERED IS A SCARCE, VERY COLLECTIBLE, 108 YEAR OLD, 16 SIZE, 21 JEWEL, “ELGIN” MODEL 15 “FATHER TIME” GRADE 374, RAILROAD POCKET WATCH WITH SCARCE UP DOWN “WIND INDICATOR”. THESE UP DOWN INDICATOR WATCHES WERE PREFERED BY CONDUCTORS ON THE RAIL LINES!
THESE WATCHES WERE SO ACCURATE AND DEPENDABLE THAT THEY WERE AWARDED THE HIGHEST CLASSIFICATION BY THE RAIL ROAD CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM: CLASS “A”!
THIS WATCH IS RUNNING STRONG AND KEEPING EXCELLENT TIME, THE WIND INDICATOR WORKS PERFECTLY, JUST FULLY SERVICED!
IN THE 2016 PRICE GUIDE, THIS WATCH IN THIS CONDITION IS LISTED AT $1,000.00 AVERGE, $1,400.00 EXTRA FINE AND $1,600.00 MINT. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE VERY PLEASED!
THE SERIAL NUMBER ON THE BEAUTIFUL NICKEL MOVEMENT IS 20,212,429, WHICH PUTS PRODUCTION IN 1918 – YES, THIS WATCH IS 108 YEARS OLD BUT HAS SURVIVED IN GOOD CONDITION!
THE WATCH COMES IN A “WADSWORTH PILOT GUARANTEED 25 YEARS” SIGNED GOLD FILLED OPEN FACED RAILROAD CASE. THE CASE HAS WEAR TO BRASS AROUND THE EDGE AND ON THE HIGH POINTS AND ONE NEARLY INVISIBLE VERY SHALLOW DING ON THE CASE. THE BOW AND CROWN ARE BOTH SHOWING WEAR.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE REASON THIS WATCH IS SO SOUGHT AFTER BY COLLECTORS:
GORGEOUS NICKEL ¾ SPLIT PLATE 21 JEWEL NICKEL MOVEMENT. IT HAS A PATENTED “TRAVELING NUT” MICROMETRIC MOSELEY REGULATOR FOR VERY PRECISE TIME REGULATION! SOLID GOLD BALANCE SCREWS, SOLID GOLD CENTER WHEEL GEAR (the big gear in the center of the movement is cut from solid gold), AND RAISED SCREW SET SOLID GOLD JEWEL SETTINGS! IT HAS RED RUBY TRAIN JEWELS AND BLUE SAPPHIRE PALLET JEWELS, A SAFETY BARREL, A DOUBLE ROLLER AND A BREGUET HAIR SPRING! NO EXPENSE WAS SPARED IN THE MAKING OF WHAT WAS ONE OF ELIN’S FINEST TIMEPIECES!
LOOK AT THE SCANS OF THE WONDERFUL “STAR BURST” DAMASCEENING AND THE GOLD/GILT FILLED WRITING ON THIS FANTASTIC MOVEMENT – THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST WATCHES TO COME OUT OF THE ELGIN FACTORY – IT IS INVESTMENT GRADE CONDITION AND IS MUSEUM QUALITY! SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE VERY PLEASED!
THE BALANCE HAS EXCELLENT POISE AND A STRONG FULL BEAT – JUST FULLY SERVICED! THE WATCH IS STEM WIND AND LEVER SET – YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!
THE DIAL IS IN EXTRA FINE CONDITION WITH ONLY A FEW SHORT EXTREME EDGE HAIRLINES AND ONE TINY LITTLE EXTREME EDGE CHIP. AT A GLANCE IT ALMOST APPEARS PERFECT. IT HAS THE BIG BOLD ARABIC HOUR MARKERS THE RAILROAD MEN LOVED AND IS SIGNED “ELGIN”.
THE ORIGINAL COBALT BLUE STEEL HANDS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND THE WATCH HAS A PERFECT GLASS CRYSTAL!
A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO ANY HIGH GRADE RAILROAD POCKET WATCH COLLECTION AND THE CENTER PIECE TO MOST – GOOD LUCK!
Buyer to pay $16.00 for insured shipping in the US and $39.00 Shipping for overseas. GOOD LUCK!
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