Elgin National Watch company U.S.A. full hunter pocket watch
Click here to view this lot Lever escapement with bi solid gold balance wheel. Serviced and keeping accurate time, Fantastic hand engraving by top engraver all around the case, engine turning on the back, blank cartouche, case weight is 60 grams grams, mm in diameter, not including the bow / pendant. the dial is in mint condition, flawless original mineral lens, comes with a velvet and silk lined, hand made wooden boxWatch and box will be dispatched within 2 days after payment is made by royal mail safe insured postThe Elgin National Watch Company, Chicago, Illinois, was first incorporated in August by Philo Carpenter, Howard Z. Culver, Benjamin W. Raymond, George M. Wheeler, Thomas S. Dickerson, Edward H. Williams and W. Robbins. In September of the same year the founders visited the Waltham Watch Company in Waltham, Massachusetts, and successfully convinced seven of Waltham's makers to come to work for their new company.The first movement, delivered in , was named the B.W. Raymond in honor of Benjamin W. Raymond. The watch was an 18 size, full plate design. In , the National Watch Company won "Best Watches, Illinois Manufacture" at the 17th Annual Illinois State Fair, for which it won a silver medal. The company officially changed its name to the Elgin National Watch Company in , as the Elgin name had come into common usage for their watches.Click here to visit Catawiki Read More