Elgin National Watch Company pocket watch, 1919
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
1919
Maker / issuer
Elgin National Watch Company
A gold pocket watch made by the Elgin National Watch Company of Elgin, Illinois, cir.1919, with the back open showing the movement of the watch. There is an inscription on the inside back cover "Presented by Esquesing Township and Citizens of Glen Williams to Private Wilson Heaton - 92 - Battalion - 1919" Private Wilson Heaton was born in Southowram, Halifax, UK but moved to Canada, living in Glen Williams, Esquesing Township, Haton County, Ontario. He enlisted with the 92nd Battalion (48th Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, and fought in the trenches in World War I in Europe. He returned to work as a stone cutter in the quarries around Glen Williams after the war ended. Documented from an openly licensed real-object photograph on Wikimedia Commons; only the details stated by that source are recorded here. Remaining specifications are marked research required rather than estimated.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Gold (as described on the source photograph page)
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Escapement type not documented; requires movement examination or a horological reference.
- Jewel count and calibre not documented.
- Serial-number dating, case dimensions and weight remain untranscribed.
- No catalogue reference number is asserted; standard horological catalogues have not been transcribed for this specimen.