Closeup of Elgin No. 376 Veritas #15569051, c.1911 In March 1901, the Elgin National Watch Company introduced the new "Veritas" model as a watch "specially constructed for railway watch inspection.".
c.1904 Elgin 239 Veritas with the Original Box and Certificate Card: Dial c.1904 Elgin 239 Veritas with the Original Box and Certificate Card. 18-Size, Model 8, 21 Jewels, and Hunter's.
Sales of Elgin’s 18-Size “Veritas Model” began to suffer in the 1910s as the market trended toward smaller watches. When the model was officially retired, existing inventory was sold to.
By the mid-1910s, the Elgin National Watch Company had expanded the “Veritas Model” product line to feature ten distinct grades, ranging from 17 to 23 jewels. Named grades such as.
The Elgin "Veritas Model" Cutaway Drawing, by William A. Gabriel Most collectors have admired this detailed cutaway drawing of the 23-Jewel Veritas at some point in time. It is almost.
Every new model design at the Elgin National Watch Company started on paper in the drafting department. When the “Veritas Model” was envisioned in the late 1890s, the company turned.
