PATRIOTIC soldiers FLAG WWI WW1 Antique ELGIN Pocket Watch Co 18 USA Keeps Time!

Description

Post WWI, 1924 Elgin National Watch Company 7 Ruby Jewels Quick Train premium Nickel-finished movement
Grade 288 Full Plate Size 18s Hand Wind and Hand Set Pocket Watch serial number 26,638,815. Keystone Watch  Case Company Silver Tone Open Case early serial number 401,685. Runs Strong!
Elgin National Watch Co. double sunk dial post WWI patriotic memorial image of US Soldiers with American Flag
. Keystone Watch Case Company Silver Tone
Open Case in good condition.
C
lean movement for a watch of 93 years old!  Excellent crystal glass without scratches. Winds and sets with as it should (
Time Set pulling the crown up
). True veteran, many years in service, but still r
uns strong and keeps good time.
Elgin National Watch Company was founded in 1864, right as the civil war was coming to an end. The first watch Elgin was finished in April of 1867 and over the next 100 years, they went on to produce about 60 million mechanical watches. (Elgin brochures are added for interest only and are not part of the listing).
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.
FROM THE
AMERICAN HOROLOGY ARCHIVE
:
Elgin National Watch Co.
Grade: 288
Manufacturer:
Elgin
Manufacturer Location:
Elgin, Illinois
Movement Serial Number:
26638815
Grade:
288
Model:
5
Class:
106
Estimated Production Year:
1924
Run Quantity:
1,000
Grade/Model Run:
249 of 296
Total Production:
531,800
Size:
18s
Jewels:
7j
Movement Configuration:
Open face
Movement Finish:
Nickel
Movement Setting:
Pendant
Plate:
Full Plate
Barrel:
Going
Balance Type:
Expansion
Balance Jewel Material:
Ruby
Train:
Quick
Regulator:
Polished Oval Regulator
Hairspring:
Breguet
Standard Dial Type:
Double-Sunk
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