This is a rare Elgin Watch the case looks like it just came out of the store in in 1883.   Amazing orriginal condition.
SOLID 18K GOLD FULLY HALLMARKED AS SEEN IN THE PICTURES.
Just serviced and cleaned keeps excellent time.
Has a brand new watch spring to keep good time.The height of the watch is 63.40mm/ 2.4960 inches/ 2 63/128 inches
The width of the watch is 41.41mm / 1.63 inch / 1 81/128 inches Including Elgin Watch Serial Numbers and Production Dates Elgin, Illinois 1864 - 1967 The Elgin Watch Company (also known as the Elgin National Watch Company) was the largest American watch manufacturer in terms of total production volume. In fact, Elgin produced approximately one-half of the total number of better-quality pocket watches manufactured in the United States. Total production over their 100 years of operation reached nearly 60 million watches, which is nearly 50% of ALL the jeweled watches produced by American watch companies! This makes Elgin one of the most commonly collected vintage watches since there are still so many examples available at reasonable prices. The Elgin National Watch Company was founded in 1864 in Elgin, Illinois as the National Watch Company, and some of the organizers were later to become the some of the biggest names in the American watch industry: J. C. Adams, P. S. Bartlett, D. G. Currier, Otis Hoyt, and Charles H. Mason, with financial backing from former Chicago Mayor Benjamin W. Raymond. The factory for the National watch company was completed in 1866, and the first movement produced was an 18-size B. W. Raymond model which sold in April of 1867 for the astounding price of $115. This identical watch, serial number 101, was sold at auction in New York in 1988 for $12,000. In 1874, the company officially changed their name to the Elgin National Watch Company, and that name remained until they stopped producing watches in the 1960's. The "Working Man's" Watch The Elgin Watch Company's success was not built on its production of the highest-grade watches, though some of their higher grades were top-quality, exquisitely made timepieces. Their success can be attributed to their huge production of low to mid-grade watches... 7 to 15-jewels. Together with the Waltham Watch Company, they dominated the huge market for mid-grade watches, producing over one-million per year during their peak years of production. Elgin watches remain extremely popular with collectors today because they are plentiful, can be obtained at reasonable prices, and can be relatively easily repaired due to the large number of watches and parts available. Elgin shipped their first wristwatch in 1910, and later manufactured the first wrist watch to be qualified for railroad service, the grade 730A B. W. Raymond. Throughout their history, the Elgin National Watch Company was known for horological innovations. In 1958, they introduced the "DuraBalance," an ingenious design for a free-sprung balance (no regulator pins) which used spiral balance arms and small weights to govern the moment of inertia of the balance. They also produced the only American-made automatic wristwatch movements: grades 607, 618, 760, and 761. These movements featured bi-directional, full-rotor winding, and had two automatic winding gear ratios, which were automatically engaged as the mainspring tension increased. The contributions of the Elgin National Watch Company to American Horological industry cannot be overstated. Many Elgin watches that were made over 100 years ago are still providing reliable and accurate daily service to their proud owners. Swiss Elgin Watches During the last few years that Elgin was in business (late 50's through mid-60's), they began to reduce their US production and began importing Swiss watch movements which were finished and labeled as Elgin watches. Much of this assembly work was done at a new Elgin plant in Elgin, South Carolina.   Elgin Watch Cases: Illinois Watch Case Company The Illinois Watch Case Company of Elgin, Illinois should not be confused with the Elgin Watch Company. The Illinois Watch Case Company (I.W.C.Co) was a major manufacture in the city of Elgin, Illinois. It manufactured watch cases under many brands, such as "Elgin Giant," "Elgin Pride," "Tivoli," "Spartan," and "Elgin Commander." The use of the name "Elgin" in their brand names, or marking the cases with "Elgin USA" has often led people to believe that a watch was made by the Elgin National Watch Company when it was actually made by another manufacturer, or to think that a watch no longer has its original case because it is "now in an Elgin case." Keep in mind that watch movements and watch cases were usually made by different manufacturers. Elgin watches are entirely different than Illinois "Elgin" cases. Modern Battery-Powered "Elgin" Watches Elgin Pocket Watch Serial Numbers Database Lookup

Year	Serial No	Year	Serial Number	Year	Serial Number	Year	Serial Number	Year	Serial Number
1867	9000	1868	25001	1869	40001	1870	50001	1871	185001
1872	201,001	1873	325000	1874	400001	1875	430000	1876	480000
1977	520000	1878	570000	1879	625001	1880	750000	1881	900000
1882	1000000	1883	1250000	1884	1500000	1885	1855001	1886	1000000
1887	2500000	1888	3000000	1889	3500000	1890	4000000	1891	4449001
1892	4600000	1893	5000000	1894	5500000	1895	6000000	1896	6500000
1897	7000000	1898	7494000	1899	8000000	1900	9000000	1901	9300000
1902	9600000	1903	10000000	1904	11000000	1905	12000000	1906	12500000
1907	1300000	1908	13500000	1909	14000000	1910	15000000	1911	16000000
1912	17000000	1913	17339001	1914	18000000	1915	18587001	1916	19000000
1917	20031001	1918	21000000	1919	22000000	1920	23000000	1921	24321001
1922	25100000	1923	26050000	1924	27000000	1925	28421001	1926	29100000
1927	30050000	1928	31599001	1929	32000000	1930	32599001	1931	33000000
1932	33700000	1933	34558001	1934	35000000	1935	35650000	1936	36200000
1937	36978001	1938	37900000	1939	38200000	1940	39100000	1941	40200000
1942	41100000	1943	42200000	1944	42600000	1945	43200000	1946	44000000
1947	45000000	1948	46000000	1949	47000000	1950	48000000	1951	50000000
1952	52000000	1953	53500000	1954	54000000	1955	54500000	1956	55000000