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Exceptional Fancy Dial 14K Yellow Gold Hunter Case Elgin Pocket Watch CA1904
Estimated price for orientation: 2 300 $
Category: Antique
Class:
Description Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding Features: 12-Hour Dial Year of Manufacture: 1900-1909 Escapement Type: Lever Brand: Elgin Serial Number: 11,675.727 Material: Solid Gold Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Closure: Full Hunter
16-Size Machined Fancy Dial 17-Jewel Elgin 14K Hunter Case Gent’s Pocket Watch
Elgin; U.S./Ill.; Man’s; SN#11,675.727; CA1904
CASE: The 14K yellow-gold 16-size No. 6,836,596 hunter case displays machined decorations and signed “BWC & Co.”
DIAL: This fancy porcelain single sunk dial features Arabic numerals, filigree hands and is signed “Elgin.”
MOVT: The 17-jewel stem-set No. 11,675,727 nickel movement has a lever escapement, bridge-style layout and is signed.
C 2 (Case is in Perfect Condition)
D 3-43 (Dial is in Very Good Condition – hairline)
M 3 (Movement is in Very Good Condition)
R 9 (Rarity Grade on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Expert’s Opinion: Sweet 14K case, slightly flawed (faint hairline) fancy dial with yellow and gold trim. A heavy gold watch of great beauty! Weighs 89.1 Grams TW. AI-AM62016-33 Hunter Cases
A hunting case covers the face of the watch consealing the dial. The case is opened by pressing the stem or the crown of the watch. Hold the watch in your right hand with the bow between the index finger and thumb. Press on the pendant-crown with the right thumb to release the cover exposing the face. When closing, do not SNAP the cover. Press the crown to move the catch in, close the cover, then release the crown. This will prevent wear on the rim and catch. Stem-wind, Lever-Set Movements
Mandatory for all railroad watches after roughly 1908, this kind of pocket watch was set by opening the crystal and bezel and pulling out the setting-lever (most hunter cases have levers accessible without removing the crystal or bezel), which was generally found at either the 10 or 2 o'clock positions on open-faced watches, and at 5:00 on hunting cased watches. Once the lever was pulled out, the crown could be turned to set the time. The lever was then pushed back in and the crystal and bezel were closed over the dial again. This method of time setting on pocket watches was preferred by American and Canadian railroads, as lever setting watches make accidental time changes impossible. After 1908, lever setting was generally required for new watches entering service on American railroads. Lever Escapement
An escapement is a device in mechanical watches and clocks that transfers energy to the timekeeping element (the "impulse action") and allows the number of its oscillations to be counted (the "locking action"). The impulse action transfers energy to the clock's timekeeping element (usually a pendulum or balance wheel) to replace the energy lost to friction during its cycle and keep the timekeeper oscillating. The escapement is driven by force from a coiled spring or a suspended weight, transmitted through the timepiece's gear train. Each swing of the pendulum or balance wheel releases a tooth of the escapement's escape wheel gear, allowing the clock's gear train to advance or "escape" by a fixed amount. This regular periodic advancement moves the clock's hands forward at a steady rate. At the same time the tooth gives the timekeeping element a push, before another tooth catches on the escapement's pallet, returning the escapement to its "locked" state. The sudden stopping of the escapement's tooth is what generates the characteristic "ticking" sound heard in operating mechanical clocks and watches. Adjustment
Watch adjustment is the process of correcting those errors in the watch that cause variation in time keeping. These include temperature influences, variation in driving power and position of the watch with respect to mechanism such as pendant up or dial up. Watches with better calibre movements will have been adjusted at the factory for a number of positions. The usual array of positions include a subset of the following positions:
1. Dial up 2. Dial down 3. Bow up 4. Bow down (Not required by Railroad) 5. Bow left 6. Bow right These positional adjustments are intended to insure that the watch is just as realiable and accurate regardless of the position in which it is stored or used. In addition to positional adjustments, the watch may also be adjusted for Temperature(heat/cold). Temperature affects different elements in different ways. Heat will cause some metals to expand faster than others, and cold may cause some metals to contract more than others. A watch that is adjusted to temperatures will usually include some combination of metals that allow the watch to maintain its proper functionality within a larger range of temperatures than one that is not adjusted for temperature. Another type of adjustment is Isochronism. As a typical watch spring unwinds the pressure it exerts on the wheels of
Description
| Movement: | Mechanical: Hand-winding | Features: | 12-Hour Dial |
| Year of Manufacture: | 1900-1909 | Escapement Type: | Lever |
| Brand: | Elgin | Serial Number: | 11,675.727 |
| Material: | Solid Gold | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States |
| Closure: | Full Hunter |
Elgin; U.S./Ill.; Man’s; SN#11,675.727; CA1904
CASE: The 14K yellow-gold 16-size No. 6,836,596 hunter case displays machined decorations and signed “BWC & Co.”
DIAL: This fancy porcelain single sunk dial features Arabic numerals, filigree hands and is signed “Elgin.”
MOVT: The 17-jewel stem-set No. 11,675,727 nickel movement has a lever escapement, bridge-style layout and is signed.
C 2 (Case is in Perfect Condition)
D 3-43 (Dial is in Very Good Condition – hairline)
M 3 (Movement is in Very Good Condition)
R 9 (Rarity Grade on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Expert’s Opinion: Sweet 14K case, slightly flawed (faint hairline) fancy dial with yellow and gold trim. A heavy gold watch of great beauty! Weighs 89.1 Grams TW. AI-AM62016-33 Hunter Cases
A hunting case covers the face of the watch consealing the dial. The case is opened by pressing the stem or the crown of the watch. Hold the watch in your right hand with the bow between the index finger and thumb. Press on the pendant-crown with the right thumb to release the cover exposing the face. When closing, do not SNAP the cover. Press the crown to move the catch in, close the cover, then release the crown. This will prevent wear on the rim and catch. Stem-wind, Lever-Set Movements
Mandatory for all railroad watches after roughly 1908, this kind of pocket watch was set by opening the crystal and bezel and pulling out the setting-lever (most hunter cases have levers accessible without removing the crystal or bezel), which was generally found at either the 10 or 2 o'clock positions on open-faced watches, and at 5:00 on hunting cased watches. Once the lever was pulled out, the crown could be turned to set the time. The lever was then pushed back in and the crystal and bezel were closed over the dial again. This method of time setting on pocket watches was preferred by American and Canadian railroads, as lever setting watches make accidental time changes impossible. After 1908, lever setting was generally required for new watches entering service on American railroads. Lever Escapement
An escapement is a device in mechanical watches and clocks that transfers energy to the timekeeping element (the "impulse action") and allows the number of its oscillations to be counted (the "locking action"). The impulse action transfers energy to the clock's timekeeping element (usually a pendulum or balance wheel) to replace the energy lost to friction during its cycle and keep the timekeeper oscillating. The escapement is driven by force from a coiled spring or a suspended weight, transmitted through the timepiece's gear train. Each swing of the pendulum or balance wheel releases a tooth of the escapement's escape wheel gear, allowing the clock's gear train to advance or "escape" by a fixed amount. This regular periodic advancement moves the clock's hands forward at a steady rate. At the same time the tooth gives the timekeeping element a push, before another tooth catches on the escapement's pallet, returning the escapement to its "locked" state. The sudden stopping of the escapement's tooth is what generates the characteristic "ticking" sound heard in operating mechanical clocks and watches. Adjustment
Watch adjustment is the process of correcting those errors in the watch that cause variation in time keeping. These include temperature influences, variation in driving power and position of the watch with respect to mechanism such as pendant up or dial up. Watches with better calibre movements will have been adjusted at the factory for a number of positions. The usual array of positions include a subset of the following positions:
1. Dial up 2. Dial down 3. Bow up 4. Bow down (Not required by Railroad) 5. Bow left 6. Bow right These positional adjustments are intended to insure that the watch is just as realiable and accurate regardless of the position in which it is stored or used. In addition to positional adjustments, the watch may also be adjusted for Temperature(heat/cold). Temperature affects different elements in different ways. Heat will cause some metals to expand faster than others, and cold may cause some metals to contract more than others. A watch that is adjusted to temperatures will usually include some combination of metals that allow the watch to maintain its proper functionality within a larger range of temperatures than one that is not adjusted for temperature. Another type of adjustment is Isochronism. As a typical watch spring unwinds the pressure it exerts on the wheels of