Charles P. Corliss was awarded four distinct U.S. patents for stem winding/setting mechanisms he created while model maker at the Elgin National Watch Company. Recently, we inspected the mechanism that.
Charles P. Corliss, Model Maker at the Elgin National Watch CompanyPhotograph Published in The Watch Word, January 1922 Charles Pelatiah Corliss was a model maker at the Elgin National Watch.
While uncommon, the production lines at the watch factories in American were not entirely flawless. Occasionally, we find evidence of movements with errors that were still sold to the market..
Newest Addition to the Digital Archive: Elgin National Watch Co. Price List of Material - No. 3 (1875) Full Online Catalog: https://pocketwatchdatabase.com/guide/company/elgin/catalogs/elgin-national-watch-co.-price-list-material-catalog-1875 In April 1875, the Elgin National Watch Company.
Starting around 1896, the Keystone Watch Case Company became the exclusive export selling agent for the Elgin National Watch Company. Decades earlier, Elgin had attempted to market their movements in.
As my interest in pocket watches increased, so did my curiosity to discover how they work - what really makes them tick. I began disassembling a few of the cheaper.
