They are also available in either silver or gold but they tend to have smaller faces as well as smaller overall body sizes. Elgin Women’s Antique Pocket WatchesĮlgin women’s antique pocket watches are typically smaller than the men’s varieties. Most of them are round but some feature an octagonal shape. Many of them feature decorative engraving on the body of the watch as well as the cover. They come in sterling silver or yellow gold and you can find them open faced or with a protective cover over the face.
These antique and vintage pocket watches mainly feature large faces with bold black numbers or roman numerals to mark the time. Men’s antique Elgin pocket watches are stylish and memorable men’s accessories. With so many to choose from, you can find one that suits your unique tastes. There are men’s and women’s Elgin antique pocket watches available and they feature an array of different colours and styles. The high quality construction means that many Elgin watches last a very long time and become antiques. I hope those of you out there who are more knowledgeable (and that's most of you) will correct me if I am wrong on any of this.Elgin watches parts, and accessories are known for their reliability and durability. Needless to say I quickly stopped complaining. He looked at the number, checked his records, and showed me it had been almost three years since his repair. One watchmaker who had worked in Chicago(now long dead) told me that, if the police found a watch on an identified body, they would circulate the repair numbers to local repair shops in hopes of finding the corresponding watchmaker, who in turn could give a name to the deceased.Īs far as using the watch serial numbers as a tracking system instead, it seems to me that, in pre-computer days, this would be impractical-how would the watchmaker have maintained and searched such a large and ever-growing data base? (I guess he could have recorded each repair on a separate index card and filed by serial number, but think of how much space such a file would eventually occupy.)Īs an anectdote, twenty-some years ago I took a watch back to my regular repairman and complained that it was not running right, even though I remembered him having cleaned it fairly recently. It was my understanding that there was no established system of marking-every watchmaker used his own. As long as it was done neatly I never had a problem with it.
I thought this was still a common practice-the watchmakers I have used in the past still did it.
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