Repairing and Adjusting a Battered 1921 Elgin 315 12s Pocket Watch to 3 Positions
Usually I buy parts to fit a broken watch, but other times I buy broken watches to fit my supply of parts. After working on the Elgin 315 we saw… Read more »
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Adjusting a 1919 Elgin 313 16s Pocket Watch to 6 Positions
Elgin made over 50,000,000 watches, so they aren’t rare. But this Elgin pocketwatch is rare in a way—I bought it at a small-town antique mall for a sensible, fair price…. Read more »
Adjusting a 1924 Elgin 315 12s Pocket Watch to 5 Positions
Nothing brings people together like being stuck in a boring committee at work. And when people are brought together, in my experience, they inevitably end up talking about old watches…. Read more »
Adjusting an 1890 Elgin Grade 75 18s Pocket Watch to 3 Positions
I haven’t done a post on an Elgin watch yet, but there’s no dark animus behind it. Elgin watches don’t get the love they should. Although I prefer Illinois watches,… Read more »