Elgin gold pocket download serial 1117375 value

Knowing the serial number of a timepiece is essential in finding out its value, this is. Learn the market value of your antique elgin united states pocket watch. Owners can trace their pocket watchs history by obtaining the unique serial number featured on the movement part of the watchnot the watch case. Over the next century, the firm produced more than 60 million wrist and pocket watches. How to find the serial number on an elgin pocket watch. Established in 1864, the national watch company changed its name a decade later to elgin national watch company to reflect its location in elgin, illinois.

Elgin antique open face gold filled pocket watch gr 345 size 12 17 jewel. Get the best deals on elgin antique pocket watches. So, if someone is selling a watch as solid gold, and it has a movement serial number of, say, 3,870,123 and it has a case serial number of 1,073,678, a red flag should go up in your mind and you should be even more. By the opulent jazz age, if you werent displaying the exuberant symmetry of an elgin wrist watch or carrying a svelte, distinctive elgin pocket watch, then who. A pocket watch or pocketwatch is a watch that is made to be carried in a pocket, as opposed. I have an elgin pocket watch yellow gold with serial. Make offer elgin national watch co pocket watch, tricolored gold from 1880s. These will typically sell higher in an antique shop or private sale compared to an auction. Enter the serial number into an online elgin serial number database to obtain an instant result that lists its year of production. It was the genuine, audacious, selfreliant western spirit. If youve always wanted to own a piece of functional american history, without breaking the bank, then a wrist or pocket watch from the elgin national watch company may just be exactly what youve been looking for. Brief history of the elgin national watch company including watch serial numbers and production dates.

This video will help you understand how to work out the year of manufacture for your elgin pocket watch. Elgin gold plated antique pocket watches for sale ebay. For elgin watches, case serial numbers on solid gold watches will usually be only 10% or less of the serial number on the movement. The movement is also sometimes called the watch works. A gold pocket watch with huntercase and watch chain. Elgin national watch company serial number, elgin pocket watch. Get the best deals on elgin pocket watches 18901899 when you shop the largest online. The online database for the elgin watch company can tell you a great deal of information about your watch, based on just the serial number off the movement. You can also refer to an elgin serial number chart. The 14k yellow gold, 12size, open face, swing out case has a monogram. Elgin solid gold antique pocket watches for sale ebay. Elgin full hunter gold filled pocket watch 11 jewels size 18s 1888 gr. Vintage 1918 elgin model 3 345 10k gold pocket watch, size 12s with 17j. In the spring of 1864 half a dozen ambitious chicago businessmen decided that if massachusetts could build a factory that built watches illinois could, too.

Get the best deals on elgin gold plated antique pocket watches when you shop the largest online selection at. See more ideas about watches, pocket watch and pocket. Complete your vintage look using elgin antique pocket watches whether your style is fullon retro or you just want a piece to class up your wardrobe, pocket watches are eyecatching and functional. Elgin watches, some of the most indemand antique watches in the market today, are a perennial favorite among watch collectors. Elgin watches all prices for elgin watches on chrono24. Elgin watches made before the late 1930s feature serial numbers without a letter prefix, with those made after that period containing one letter. Info, specs, and value american antique pocket watches, with serial number lookups for manufacturers such as elgin, illinois, waltham, and hamilton. I have a lever set, open face elgin circa 188283, mvt. This white porcelain dial displays arabic numerals and has spade hands.

So, if someone is selling a watch as solid gold, and it has a movement serial number of, say, 3,870,123 and it has a case serial number of 1,073,678, a red flag should go up in your mind and you should be even more cautious about the claim. Elgin pocket watch understanding serial numbers youtube. Traces the evolution of the elgin national watch company, americas largest watch manufacturer, from their founding in 1864 until their demise 100 years later. There are no karat marks, instead a symbol on inside of back cover and inside of cuvette. Find out the real value of your elgin pocket watch value by using the movement serial number.