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Elgin Openface Pocket Watch Lot, circa 1900

Currency:USD Category:Jewelry Start Price:51.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Elgin Openface Pocket Watch Lot, circa 1900
<B>Elgin Openface Pocket Watch Lot, circa 1900</B></I><BR><BR>The lot includes one gold and one gold-filled watch. The gold watch information is<BR>Case: 45 mm, hinged 14k yellow gold with smooth edge<BR>Dial: white enamel with black Arabic numerals, blued steel elongated "Spade" hands, and sunken auxiliary sweep seconds, marked Elgin<BR>Movement: 37 mm, hinged, 17 jewels, adjusted, reference #14521824, marked G.M. Wheeler, Elgin, Illinois, U.S.A. Watch is circa 1909<BR><BR>The gold-filled watch information is:<BR>Case: 48 mm, twist close, gold-filled with decorative trim surrounding bezel, wallpaper paneled caseback and smooth edge<BR>Dial: white enamel with black Roman numerals, black elongated "Spade" hands and sunken auxiliary sweep seconds, marked Elgin<BR>Movement: 40 mm, nickeled, reference #10215964, marked Elgin National Watch Company, U.S.A. Watch is circa 1903 <B>Condition Report:</B> Gold watch case has numerous dents as well as Art Deco font engraved initials, MB in caseback.<BR>Case is paper thin and does not close properly.<BR>Gold watch is currently not in working order. Wheel moves and appears to be balanced, but it stops.<BR>Gold watch has a hairline crack running from 3 o'clock to 11 o'clock positions.<BR><BR>Gold-filled watch case displays wear to wallpaper patterning on caseback.<BR>Dial is discolored and has several hairline cracks.<BR>Watch winds and sets with wheel balanced and moving, but watch does not work.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Miscellaneous Collectibles, Smal (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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