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10-30-2005, 05:21 AM #1Senior Member
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Picked this up at the Portland Antique show today. It's a 1920's Elgin pocket watch in very good working condition. I also saw a Crown and Sword there with really nice scales, but there was a ton of rust on the blade and I was only able to talk the guy down to $60. Ah well.
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10-30-2005, 05:57 AM #2Senior Member
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Very nice!
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10-30-2005, 12:42 PM #3Super Shaver
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That one's gorgeaous. Nice catch!
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11-06-2005, 04:34 PM #4
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Nice Watch. Don't let Jay's bud Mitch see it. In addition to being a part time barber, he's an old railroad guy and a super artist. Magnificent at depicting old railroad stuff. Great works of art. Lynn
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11-06-2005, 06:12 PM #5Super Shaver
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Before the introduction of Standard Time Zones in 1883, train conductors would be tirelessly checking the time. Each train was associated with the time it left its original location. So the 9:05 Buffalo train left Buffalo at 9:05 regardless of what time it was in say Chicago when it got there. Chicago would also have its own idea of what noon was so there was a lot of math involved in the Conductor's job at first. A dependable watch (or two!) was a MUST have for the job.
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11-07-2005, 05:23 PM #6Senior Member
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True, dependable watches for the railroads were an absolute necessity but this particular watch is not one of that standard. Railroad watches have to have a minimum of 17 jewels and a dial with Arabic numerals, not Roman. Elgin created millions of watches and as such there are still a ton of spare parts available on the market for these. Elgin was considered middle of the road in the market of pocket watches. They didn't create fine Swiss timepieces, but they certainly didn't create Casio-quality (or lack thereof) quartz watches. Even though this one only has 7 jewels it keeps time very well. I'm still just figuring out how many winds it takes for the watch to run for a solid 24 hours. I think it's 8, but don't quote me on that.
Here's some more information if anyone is interested in reading further on this.Last edited by mgraepel; 11-07-2005 at 09:03 PM.
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11-08-2005, 09:39 PM #7Senior Member
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Bravo! That is a beauty. Watches have been catching my eye lately. I am not sure why all of my "hobbies" are so pricey...fine English Shaving Creme, fountain pens, colognes, etc. We are lucky I suppose.
Steven
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