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.
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