Elgin National Watch Co.

What is the Elginium Hairspring?

By Nathan Moore

In Elgin

Elginium Hairspring Fitted on an Elgin Watch The Elgin National Watch Company introduced the Elginium hairspring in 1938. During this era, American watch companies were urgently competing to develop new technologies that would propel their products to the forefront of the market. Elgin was looking...

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Elgin National Watch Company Grade 373 “Father Time”

By Nathan Moore

Elgin Grade 373 Father Time Watch: Movement While several Elgin grades featured the "Father Time" name, this watch is from the first of only three runs designated for the Grade.

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c.1905 Elgin Grade 244

By Nathan Moore

c.1905 Elgin Grade 244. This watch represents a sensible mid-range option offered by the Elgin National Watch Company in the early 1900s. c.1905 Elgin Grade 244, Model 7, 17-Jewels -.

Video: Elgin Pocket Watch Dials: Hand-Painted vs. Transfer Process

By Nathan Moore

In Dials , Videos

In this video, we discuss how to determine whether an enamel pocket watch dial is hand-painted or produced using a transfer or photographic process. The larger American watch factories developed transfer processes in the mid-1880s, eventually leading to the end of hand-painted dials for standard...

Ephemera , Videos

Looking at American Watch Factory Ephemera Items

By Nathan Moore

In this video, I sort through a small set of ephemera items I recently purchased at an auction by Jones & Horan. Items include a paperweight promoting the Crescent Watch.

Elgin , Railroad Watches , Video , Videos

Video: c.1902 Elgin Veritas 239 Pocket Watch Overview

By Nathan Moore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt59VwHhvFs

Did You Know the Elgin Watch Company Used Bread to Clean Watches?

By Nathan Moore

In History

Photo by Simona Sergi on Unsplash Did you know the Elgin National Watch Company used more than 40 loaves of fresh bread each day? The Baltimore SunBaltimore, Maryland19 Jan 1908, Sun • Page 13 From the January 19, 1908 issue of The Baltimore Sun: "Bread to Clean...

History

Guest Post: AWC Waltham Model 1870 “Crescent Street”

By Miguel Ángel Cladera

This post was originally published by Miquel Angel Cladera on his exceptional blog at SaFonaGastroCrono. The English translation has been provided by Google Translate with minor edits for proper clarification..

Movements

Early Elgin Named Grades: M.D. Ogden

By Nathan Moore

[A brief departure from our ongoing study of the Burlington Watch Company] Pictured: Grade 8 M.D. Ogden Movement #257048, c.1873. Yesterday’s post told the story of how Mahlon D. Ogden’s.

The 1871 Chicago Fire and the Elgin National Watch Company: The Mahlon D. Ogden Mansion

By Nathan Moore

In Biographies , History

Pictured: Illustration of the Ogden Mansion After the Fire, 1871 (top). Stereoscopic View - Mahlon D. Ogden Mansion, After the Great Chicago Fire, Published by W.D. Fay & Co., 1871 (bottom). [A brief departure from our ongoing study of the Burlington Watch Company] One of...

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