Late 40's Lord Elgin
Year of Manufacture : 1948.
Origin : Elgin, Illinois, USA.
Movement : Elgin 680,21 Jewels manual movt.
Face/Dial : Very fine original condition with gentle patination.
Case : 14k Gold Filled without brassing.
Bracelet : Period Kreisler GoldFilled Expansion Bracelet,w/ unusual Natural Stone on it.
A fine example of the best and most elegant dress watches produced by the American watchmaking industry in the late 1940s. The Elgin watchmaking company reserved the names Lord and Lady Elgin for the highest quality and most sophisticated pieces in its range.
My longtime favorite U.S. watch firm is the Elgin National Watch Company, a prolific American firm established in 1864 on 35 acres of land donated by the City of Elgin, Illinois (the factory had a National Street address). It was a strategic location, right next to the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, one of the busiest railways into Chicago, and the Elgin factory would become the focal point of the town. Elgin would offer its first watch for sale in 1867, marking the beginning of fierce competition with its chief competitor, Waltham, which (ironically) was instrumental in forming Elgin, as two of the original organizers were P.S. Bartlett and D.G. Currier of Waltham fame. Bartlett and Currier would later join the Illinois Watch Co. of Springfield.
High quality 21 jewel USA made, manual wind mechanism is running smoothly and keeping accurate time.
It features crossmark dial,original gold metal Dauphine-style hands and a recessed seconds dial with 60 second outer chapter and ‘sweep’ original gold seconds hand. Signed ELGIN below the 12 with the dp logo below this…the latter standing for “Durapower”, the company’s patented mainspring technology of the day
Featuring “Teardrop” lugs and just superb. The original winding crown (Elgin rarely used signed crowns) is a matching gold-finished and in excellent order as well, operating smoothly.
Mark with 14K Gold Filled sign.
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