c.1905 Elgin Grade 244
By c.1905 Elgin Grade 244. This watch represents a sensible mid-range option offered by the Elgin National Watch Company in the early 1900s.
The movement is a 16-Size Model 7 with 17 jewels and Moseley’s patent micrometric regulator.
According to grade descriptions in original catalogs, the Grade 244 was factory adjusted to temperature.
While not a premium watch, the Grade 244 still features the artistry prominent during this era, exhibited by the elegant damakeening and engraving on the nickel plates.
With an estimated production date of 1905, only one living person on earth was alive when this watch originally rolled off the production line at the Elgin factory – Lucile Randon, a 118-year-old French nun, born in February 1904.
Edit: Unfortunately, Lucile Randon passed away in January 2023, shortly after this article was originally published.
Gn. I am a watch repairer by profession and has been doing this for the past 48 yrs.
I have worked on Elgin watches and think that they were meticulously made.
I would definitely rate them among the finest
I have one…just had it restored…listening to it tick flawlessly at 120 years old…
My name is George I work on these types I call them three finger pocket watches they are nice too work on I’ve doing watches for 45 years still love working on all kinds fun
I have one too it’s in mint condition and set in a very rare and elaborate Keystone case 1905