Description

We are pleased to offer for your consideration this beautiful antique Elgin Lady’s Hunter Case Pocket or Pendant Watch circa 1905. This Elgin Pocket Watch is a size 6 and measures 1 5/6th inches in diameter the largest of the lady’s sizes manufactured in the day. These Hunter Case Pocket Watches are getting harder to locate due to the soft metal; few have survived the 109 years in such fine condition. We have a wonderful Elgin Grade 133 Model 2 housed in a beautifully engraved Hunter Case all in just excellent condition. The Lady’s Pendant or Pocket Watch was not common at the turn at the century and was a symbol of status and prestige. The dial, case, hands and movement are all in just excellent condition. Hopefully the many picture’s help tell the story of this extra fine 109 year old antique Elgin Lady’s Pocket Watch.

This fine Elgin Dial is referred to as single sunk and is in excellent condition with no issues, a rare find. The single sunk dial is made of many layers of baked silica on two metal plates for that deep rich glass finish. We have the raised portion for the antique Elgin font logo and the beautiful Roman numerals with the classic railroad track design around the outer circumference. Then we have a sunken sub register for the second hand. This fine Elgin dial is highlighted with the original blue steel Spade/Spade Hands all in excellent condition and shows beautifully.

This Elgin Movement is a High Grade #133 Movement and referred to as a three quarter plate movement. This movement stem set and stem wound. This fine Elgin movement has 15 fine ruby jewels and a beautifully damasked nickel silver plates movement with gold center wheel and micro regulator. The nickel silver movement is in superb condition without reckless jewelers marks or corrosion, just a pristine pocket watch. Elgin manufactured only 38,000 of this popular model between 1896 and 1905 in only 30 production runs. This fine Elgin Grade #133 Movement is housed in an extra fine Hunter Case made by the Philadelphia Watch Case Company. The 14K yellow gold fill case is beautifully engraved; the case does have a “B” engraved on the back cover. This Hunter Case functions perfectly, the pocket watch opens with a push down on the crown. The beautiful movement has just been cleaned, oiled and adjusted and is an excellent timekeeper to this day!

This is an excellent example of ingenuity that made the late 18th and early 19th Century American pocket watch a worldwide standard for accuracy and beauty in timekeeping.

All Antique and Vintage Pocket Watches are Cleaned, Oiled and Adjusted and Warranted for 1 Year from the date of purchase.