Elgin National Watch Company Hunter case pocket watch, 11 jewels, grade 10, circa 1884
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
circa 1884
Maker / issuer
Elgin National Watch Company
A sidewinder pocket watch is not highly desired by collectors. It was likely a hunter cased watch originally with the movement placed in a new case. 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
- Movement size
- 18 size (as described by the source)
Technical characteristics
- Escapement
- Lever escapement
- Jewel count
- 11 jewels (as described by the source)
Design
- Case type
- Hunter case, Open-face
Identification
- Grade
- 10
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
- 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.