Jun 04 2017

Vintage 1920′s Elgin American ART DECO Silver Niello Hunting Case Pocket Watch

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Vintage 1920's Elgin American ART DECO Silver Niello Hunting Case Pocket Watch

Vintage 1920's Elgin American ART DECO Silver Niello Hunting Case Pocket Watch

Vintage 1920's Elgin American ART DECO Silver Niello Hunting Case Pocket Watch

Vintage 1920's Elgin American ART DECO Silver Niello Hunting Case Pocket Watch

Vintage 1920's Elgin American ART DECO Silver Niello Hunting Case Pocket Watch

Vintage 1920's Elgin American ART DECO Silver Niello Hunting Case Pocket Watch

THANK YOU FOR VISITING OUR AUCTIONS. Stromberg Time offers the finest selection of ANTIQUE JEWELRY and HIGH GRADE WATCHES. ELGIN NIELO STERLING POCKET WATCH. All of our images are of the actual watch for sale. ITEM: ELGIN MID SIZED HUNTING POCKET WATCH. CASE: STERLING SILVER CASE 41.4MM IN DIAMETER FULLY COVERED FROM BOTH SIDES AND THE SIDE RIM WITH NIELLO, BLACK ENAMEL WITH NO LOSS TO ENAMEL. DIAL: ORIGINAL PORCELAIN DIAL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH FEW MINUTE HAIRLINES VISIBLE ONLY WITH MAGNIFYING GLASS. MOVEMENT: MANUAL WIND MOVEMENT SIGNED ELGIN USA IN WORKING CONDITION. OVERALL CONDITION: VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH EVIDENCE OF NORMAL WEAR AND AGE. COMMENTS: A VERY RARE AND UNUSUAL NIELLO SILVER CASE IN GOOD CONDITION. THIS IS A HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE, VERY RARE ANTIQUE AMERICAN MADE ELGIN POCKET WATCH , SO DON’T LET IT PASS YOU BY! WATCHES ARRIVING IN NOT WORKING CONDITION WILL BE REPAIRED AND SENT BACK TO YOU. A pre-owned watch that has been worn, yet is in perfect condition. Accompanied by the factory box(es), tags and documentation. No alterations from factory-delivered condition. No bracelet resizing or marks of any kind. A pre-owned watch that is in very nearly perfect condition. Signs of wear are visible with a low powered loupe. May be a watch that is in NIB condition but not accompanied by the factory box(es) or documentation. Working perfectly, keeping excellent time, needs nothing. Showing very light signs of wear. Faint scratches on the case, bezel, bracelet or buckle are visible to the naked eye. Completely original in every way. Strap shows light use – may be bent or lightly creased, but not stained. Bracelet may be resized. The watch is working perfectly, keeping very good time and needs nothing. Evidence of use is visible to the unaided eye. Scratches are light, but more numerous than “near mint”. If the watch has been restored, all original replacement parts have been used. Strap clearly used but no stains. No dents or dings are detectable, and the bracelet has little wear. Working perfectly, needs no repair or service. The watch shows what might be considered normal wear by a careful owner who wore the watch regularly. Scratches are evident, but no nicks or dings. May have replacement parts and/or a high quality redial. Running and keeping good time, though may need minor regulation. A sound, attractive presentation overall. Nothing fundamentally wrong with the watch, though it has quite obviously been used. Running and wearable, but may gain or lose a few minutes over 24 hours. Case may show a few dings, nicks, or deep scratches. May have a redial that is not up to high standards. May not have all original parts. Well used, may require service and/or restoration to be useable. May be running erratically. Dial, case, and other major components may not be original, but no pieces are missing. Shows abuse, requires service and/or restoration. May have major cosmetic flaws, missing parts, may not run at all. Not junk, but requires lots of work to be made wearable. A collection of parts that at one time may have been a functioning timekeeper. Now missing parts, may be rusted or corroded, not worth restoring. Some would call it junk. The item “Vintage 1920′s Elgin American ART DECO Silver Niello Hunting Case Pocket Watch” is in sale since Friday, May 19, 2017. This item is in the category “Jewelry & Watches\Watches, Parts & Accessories\Pocket Watches\Antique”. The seller is “5starwatches” and is located in Los Angeles, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.
  • Brand: Elgin
  • Material: Silver
  • Closure: Full Hunter
  • Movement: MECHANICAL
  • Age: Antique (pre 1920)
  • Case Material: Sterling Silver
  • Era: Antique
Jun 04 2017

1871 Elgin B. W. Raymond 15j Key Wind Pocket Watch 18s Large 5oz Coin Silver Case

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1871 Elgin B. W. Raymond 15j Key Wind Pocket Watch 18s Large 5oz Coin Silver Case

1871 Elgin B. W. Raymond 15j Key Wind Pocket Watch 18s Large 5oz Coin Silver Case

1871 Elgin B. W. Raymond 15j Key Wind Pocket Watch 18s Large 5oz Coin Silver Case

1871 Elgin B. W. Raymond 15j Key Wind Pocket Watch 18s Large 5oz Coin Silver Case

1871 Elgin B. W. Raymond 15j Key Wind Pocket Watch 18s Large 5oz Coin Silver Case

1871 Elgin B. W. Raymond 15j Key Wind Pocket Watch 18s Large 5oz Coin Silver Case

1871 Elgin B. W. Raymond 15j Key Wind Pocket Watch 18s Large 5oz Coin Silver Case

1871 Elgin B. W. Raymond 15j Key Wind Pocket Watch 18s Large 5oz Coin Silver Case

1871 Elgin B. W. Raymond 15j Key Wind Pocket Watch 18s Large 5oz Coin Silver Case

1871 Elgin B. W. Raymond 15j Key Wind Pocket Watch 18s Large 5oz Coin Silver Case

1871 Elgin B. W. Raymond 15j Key Wind Pocket Watch 18s Large 5oz Coin Silver Case

1871 Elgin B. W. Raymond 15j Key Wind Pocket Watch 18s Large 5oz Coin Silver Case

Here is your chance to get a piece of American Railroad & Wild West History in a great Historical time piece! UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THE ANTIQUE ELGIN POCKET WATCH – LOW SERIAL NUMBER YEAR 1871 KEY WIND KEY SET MOVEMENT IN A BEAUTIFUL COIN 5oz SILVER FULL HUNTER CASE – RUNNING WELL AND KEEPING GOOD ACCURATE TIME. YOU WILL NOT FIND A BETTER TRUE NATIONAL WATCH CO. Elgin POST CIVIL WAR WATCH THAN THIS ONE!!! A TRUE WILD WEST HISTORICAL PIECE!! WATCH WIND KEY INCLUDED! THESE LOW # MODLES ARE GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND!!! THE CASE MEASURES : 57 MM (NOT INCLUDED THE CROWN) 83 MM (INCLUDED THE CROWN). THE CASE MARKED : COIN SILVER WATCH CASE CO. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL CASE – SHINY – FEW DENTS IN GOOD USED CONDITION – FACE COVERS CLOSE AS THEY SHOULD AND THE SWING OUT HING IS IN GREAT SHAPE. THE MOVEMENT READS : ELGIN NATL WATCH CO. THIS 15 JEWELS ORIGINAL ELGIN MOVEMENT HAS BEEN CLEANED , OILED AND ADJUSTED RUNNING WELL. I ALSO WANTED TO ADD THAT THIS WATCH IS KEEPING GREAT TIME IN A 24hr PERIOD. A FANTASTIC RUNNING 140 YEAR PLUS POCKET WATCH!! THE ORIGINAL PORCELAIN DIAL HAS NO HAIRLINES IN IT , (SEE PICS) BEAUTIFUL IN GOOD CONDITION – GENUINE CRYSTAL IS CLEAN IN EXCELLENT USED CONDITION. THREE HANDS ARE NICE. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL WATCH GREAT FOR YOUR COLLECTION. A Quick History of the Elgin National Watch Company. Elgin was founded in 1864, right as the civil war was coming to an end. The first watch Elgin made, an 18 sized B W Raymond railroad grade watch, was finished in 1867 and over the next 100 years, they went on to produce about 60 million watches. Elgin produced their first wristwatch around 1910, leading most other American watch companies by many years. 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 and changed their name to the “Elgin National Industries”. Elgin was founded on the idea of mass producing high quality pocket watches using machine made, interchangeable parts. Up until around 1850, watches were made mostly by hand, which meant that if a part broke, you had to find someone with the tools and skill to make a new part. Elgin never made the very highest quality watches in the world, nor did they make the very cheapest, but together with Waltham (aka The American Watch Company), they dominated the vast middle ground of the watch market. Today, collecting Elgin watches is quite popular. Because Elgin produced so many watches and produced so many spare parts, they can still be easily bought and fixed, so even a 100 year old Elgin can be used, with care, on a daily basis. While mechanical watches can’t compete with quartz watches for accuracy, there is something about having a watch that ticks that a quartz watch just can’t replace. The incorporators were Philo Carpenter, Howard Z. In September of 1864 a visit was made by some company representatives to the Waltham Watch Co. And seven of their key people where lured away to work for the newly formed company and they were nicknamed the Seven Stars. Since turn about is fair play, Elgin lost several of the Seven Stars to the Illinois Watch Co. A few years later in 1869. The Seven Stars were all machinists first and watchmakers second. One of these men was Charles S. Moseley and he became the factory’s first superintendent. He had been in the watch business since 1852. The Elgin businessmen had been informed that if they wanted the company to be located in Elgin they would have to donate 35 acres of land. The requested location for the company was on a farm with absentee owners. The first movement was delivered from the factory April 1, 1867 and was named in honor of Benjamin W. It was an 18 size, key wind, and full plate, with quick train and straight-line escapement arranged to set on the face and was adjusted to temperature. At that time watches took six months to complete and the B. On July 16, 1867, a new watch was made and it was named the H. The slow train was then adopted on all the new movements brought out and they appeared on the market as follows; J. Ryerson, October 14, 1867; H. Taylor, November 20, 1867; G. Wheeler, November 26, 1867 and Matthew Laflin, January 2, 1868. Laflin and Ryerson both sat on the Elgin’s board of directors and Laflin’s family did so for more than 70 years. On May 20, 1869 the first “Lady Elgin” made its appearance and was the first of a series of 10 size movements and it was also key wind. This was followed on August 24, 1870 by the Francis Rubie, which was adjusted to temperature, on September 8, 1871 by the Gail Borden (of Elsie fame) and on December 20, 1871 by the Dexter Street. The customer would pick out the case of his choice, add the dial and then the jeweler would put them together. The first stem wind movement was placed on the market June 28, 1873. On May 12, 1874 during a special stockholder’s meeting held in Chicago, the name of the company was changed to The Elgin National Watch Company. This was thought to be advisable because the movements manufactured by the company were universally known as and called “Elgin Watches” or the “Watch from Elgin”. In 1888 the factory was producing about 7,500 movements per week, about one fifth of which were key wind and one tenth of the movements were nickel. The factory had 2,300 employees at this time and they were split 50/50 between men and women but not so their pay. During World War I the United States Army had the Elgin factory train more than 350 men to make the precision repairs required in the battlefields. It was during the Second World War that all civilian work was stopped and Elgin made military watches, chronometers for the U. Navy, fuses for artillery shells, altimeters and instruments for aircraft and sapphire bearings used in the aiming of cannon. The Elgin Company was awarded ten Army-Navy “E” awards, for full filling contracts ahead of schedule. The Elgin Company diversified after World War II making decorator clocks, transistor radios, wedding rings, but the heart’s beat was the Elgin watch. That heart beat had been getting slower every year and Elgin ceased to depend on the watch factory as its main enterprise. The clock tower of the National Street plant was torn down October 7, 1966. The world’s largest watch manufacturing complex was located in several buildings from its inception in 1864 until the last Elgin movement made in the United States was completed in Elgin, South Carolina, in 1968. Check out my other items! The item “1871 Elgin B. W. Raymond 15j Key Wind Pocket Watch 18s Large 5oz Coin Silver Case” is in sale since Saturday, June 03, 2017. This item is in the category “Jewelry & Watches\Watches, Parts & Accessories\Pocket Watches\Antique”. The seller is “harley-timespast” and is located in Grain Valley, Missouri. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.
  • Year of Manufacture: 1870-1879
  • Brand: Elgin
  • Material: Coin Silver
  • Closure: Full Hunter
  • Features: 12-Hour Dial
  • Movement: Mechanical
  • Country Made: USA
  • Model: 1
  • MPN: B.W. Raymond
  • Serial Number: 125292
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Age: Antique (pre 1920)
  • Case Material: Coin Silver
  • Pocket Watch Size: 18
  • Number of Jewels: 15 Jewels
Jun 04 2017

Antique Waltham Vanguard Canadian Rail Road 21j pocket watch 1900. Lovely case

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Antique Waltham Vanguard Canadian Rail Road 21j pocket watch 1900. Lovely case

Antique Waltham Vanguard Canadian Rail Road 21j pocket watch 1900. Lovely case

Antique Waltham Vanguard Canadian Rail Road 21j pocket watch 1900. Lovely case

Antique Waltham Vanguard Canadian Rail Road 21j pocket watch 1900. Lovely case

Antique Waltham Vanguard Canadian Rail Road 21j pocket watch 1900. Lovely case

Antique Waltham Vanguard Canadian Rail Road 21j pocket watch 1900. Lovely case

Antique Waltham Vanguard Canadian Rail Road 21j pocket watch 1900. Lovely case

Antique Waltham Vanguard Canadian Rail Road 21j pocket watch 1900. Lovely case

Antique Waltham Vanguard Canadian Rail Road 21j pocket watch 1900. Lovely case

Antique Waltham Vanguard Canadian Rail Road 21j pocket watch 1900. Lovely case

Antique Waltham Vanguard Canadian Rail Road 21j pocket watch 1900. Lovely case

Antique Waltham Vanguard Canadian Rail Road 21j pocket watch 1900. Lovely case

Up for sale is a beautiful Waltham Vanguard 18s pocket watch made for the Canadian Rail Road. It is an 1892 Model and was made in 1900. It has a beautiful hi-grade 21 ruby jewel movement and is in a really beautifully decorated gold filled case! Movement : This watch runs great and keeps very good time. The beautiful original high grade movement is in very good condition. It has 21 ruby jewels, adjusted, and has 2 diamond end stones! It has gold screw settings and gold balance weights. This is a really beautiful movement! Dial : The original Canadian double sunk dial is in very good condition, but has some slight hairlines. Case : The really beautifully decorated 10k gold filled Keystone case is in excellent condition, but is probably not the original. This beautiful watch is ready to display or carry! The item “Antique Waltham Vanguard Canadian Rail Road 21j pocket watch 1900. Lovely case” is in sale since Friday, June 02, 2017. This item is in the category “Jewelry & Watches\Watches, Parts & Accessories\Pocket Watches\Antique”. The seller is “tuff_tuff01″ and is located in Mount Enterprise, Texas. This item can be shipped worldwide.
  • Brand: Waltham
  • Serial Number: 10028151
  • Age: 1900
  • Case Material: 10k gold filled
  • Pocket Watch Size: 18
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Movement: Rail Road grade
  • Number of Jewels: 21 Jewels
  • Model: Vanguard Model 1892
  • Year of Manufacture: 1900-1909