![]() The company's first model was a large, 18 size, movement priced at $117, which was a high price for that time. The National Watch Company, later known as the Elgin National Watch Company, was founded at the end of the Civil War, in 1864, in Elgin, Illinois. Keep this in mind when comparing your watch to others. ![]() So the outside of these watches just reflects the selection of the original buyer, or a case a watch has been moved to over its history. ![]() A small watch may be cased either way, as a pocketwatch or a wristwatch. Also, for early wristwatches, there is no distinction in the movement. In those days, the common practice was that a customer would pick out a movement and a case separately at the shop and the watchmaker or jeweler would assemble them together. This is because the watch movement, inside, and the case do not go together in any way. When looking at photos of pocketwatches here and elsewhere online, you may or may not see watches that outwardly appear like yours. ![]() Pendent wind and set.įor information about Elgin's grade, class and model numbers, click here. Open faced movement (this applies to the movement, not the case the watch happens to be in). Elgin serial number 28003717 is a grade 479, 12 size, 17 jewels, made about 1925.
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