Aug 03 2025
Pocket watch ELGIN cal 286 engraved hunter multicolor case c 1905 7 jewels 6s
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Please refrain from making me any ridiculous offers they will be responded with SARCASM. For sale from my personal collection one ELGIN hunter case pocket watch in running condition. All of the information below is from pocket watch historical society. The case is a Elgin brand case serial number 5285215 stamped in case and inside edge of case next to movement. 7 jewel movement case has a beautiful design front and back Dial clean. No brass showing on case there is a name engraved in inner case. Hands nice black, the inner case where I must say some idiot didn’t know the proper way to open the back case so it is marred some. Production year of the movement within +/- 3 years” style=”text-decoration: none; color: rgb(26, 78, 112); box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;>. Hunting: The stem is at the 3:00 position, and the movement is meant to be mounted in a case that has a covering over the face. Sidewinders are hunting movements in openface cases. ” style=”text-decoration: none; color: rgb(26, 78, 112); box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;>. 9159.286G143.6S1002.62M791. 1915 Elgin Serial List. 1927/1950 Elgin Serial List. In 1888, the Illinois Watch Case Company was incorporated in Chicago. Two years later, the company decided to build a factory in Elgin, Illinois, to manufacture watch cases. During the transition, the company attempted to reorganize as the Elgin National Watch Case Company, attracting objections from the Elgin National Watch Company. The watch company had been established in Elgin for over twenty years at the time. In December 1892, a judge ruled that the case company could not utilize the “Elgin” name, so the company readopted the Illinois Watch Case Company name. However, to establish and reinforce its claim over the “Elgin Watch Case Company” name, the Elgin National Watch Company briefly organized a watch case company. In partnership with Benj. The Elgin Watch Case Company (organized by the watch company) produced a small line of gold-filled cases. These watch cases were offered for sale in the 1894 Benj. Allen catalog (and possibly other years; the 1894 edition is the only one available for study at this time). In the 1894 catalog, the line of 14K gold-filled cases was advertised under “The Elgin Watch Case Company, ” with the following note. “All “Genuine Elgin Watch Case Co. S Cases are stamped in back of Case with their Trade Mark, (a Four-Leaf Clover). None genuine unless so stamped. UNLESS I GROSSLY MISREPRESENTED DESCRIBED ITEM. NOTE: WHEN PURCHASING VINTAGE OR USED ITEMS- I STRIVE TO NOTE EVERY POSSIBLE WEAR MARK ON THE ITEM. MOST USED OR VINTAGE ITEMS WILL HAVE NORMAL WEAR MARKS. MAKE SURE TO VIEW ALL PICS AND IF NEEDED I CAN ALWAYS SEND YOU MORE PICTURES OF THE ITEM. E BAY HAS VERY STRICT STANDARDS. SO PLEASE IF THERE IS AN ISSUE OR CONCERN PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE NOT CHECKING ALL OF THE STARS. MESSAGING: I MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ANSWER ANY/ALL MESSAGES WITHIN 24 HOURS MOST WITHIN 8. I ACCEPT PAY PAL. GOOD LUCK AND THANKS FOR VIEWING.