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Elgin 16-Size Snap-Ring Interchangeable Dial – Patented by Charles P. Corliss

By Nathan Moore

In addition to patents received for stem winding/setting innovations, Charles P. Corliss also created a patented snap-ring dial that could be arranged in such a way as to allow the movement to be fitted in a hunting or open face orientation. This was another attempt...

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Charles P. Corliss’ 1886 Patent Stem Winding and Setting Mechanism on the Elgin 18-Size Model 5

By Nathan Moore

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.

Biographies , Elgin , History , Patents & Innovations , Watchmakers

Charles Pelatiah Corliss, Model Maker at the Elgin National Watch Company

By Nathan Moore

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.

The 1897 Corliss Stem Wind and Setting Mechanism – Inspecting an Elgin Grade 155

By Nathan Moore

In Analysis , Elgin , Patents & Innovations

Today, we take a look under the dial of an Elgin Grade 155, originally introduced in 1896. The pendant setting mechanism was a patented design created by Charles Pelatiah Corliss, model maker at the Elgin National Watch Company factory for nearly three decades. Corliss was...

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