Vintage 17mm Elgin Men's Mechanical Pendant / Money Clip Watch USA 10k GF

Product Description

• Item: Pendant / Money Clip Watch

• Brand: Elgin

• Movement: Mechanical

• Case Material: 10k GF

• Country: USA

• Gender: Men's

• Size: 17mm

Product Measurements

• Diameter: 17mm

• Lug Width: 9.5mm

• Lug to Lug: 21mm

Product Condition

• Overall Condition: Fair, overall condition for its age.

• Functions: Running, but may be in need of service. This means, it can run unreliably, start or stop and timekeeping is not guaranteed.

• Case: There are scratches on the case.

• Crystal: There are scratches on the crystal.

• Additional Information: This is an early 20th-century Elgin pendant watch, designed to be worn as jewelry rather than on the wrist. These were popular with women before wristwatches became standard, and Elgin produced them in large numbers.

About the brand: First founded in 1864 as the National Watch Company, Elgin watches were produced out of Elgin, Illinois at the world's largest dedicated watch production facility of the time. By 1910 - Elgin had built an observatory to help with the accuracy of their timepieces. Like most watch manufacturers, Elgin moved to defense production during the second World War and produced military issue watches such as the well known Elgin A-11. After the war, production of Elgin watches slowed and they transferred production to South Carolina. As the influx of Swiss watches came into the market, the Elgin brand sold its entities in 1968, and the name rights of the company were subsequently re-sold in the following years. Although the Elgin National Watch Company no longer exists, their impact on American watch making is seen through their large catalog of excellent vintage watches.