Information, serial numbers, specs, and values of American antique pocket watches, with serial number lookups for manufacturers such as Elgin, Illinois, Waltham, and Hamilton.

The Antique Elgin Pocket Watch Company’s history starts in the 19th century, at the end of the American Civil War. Its name then was the “National Watch Company,” but its popularity within its home city influenced a change to “Elgin National Watch Company.”

For the most part, the Elgin National Watch Company never made pocket watch cases. However, the Illinois Watch Case Company, of Elgin Illinois, was a major manufacturer of watch cases and their cases are often found marked "Elgin", "Elgin Giant" and …

The Elgin National Watch Company, commonly known as Elgin Watch Company, was a major US watch maker from 1864 to 1968. The company sold watches under the names Elgin, Lord Elgin, and Lady Elgin. For nearly 100 years, the company's manufacturing complex in Elgin, Illinois, was the world's largest site dedicated to watchmaking. [1]

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The Nation Watch Company, later known as the Elgin National Watch Company, was founded at the end of the Civil War, in 1864, in Elgin, Illinois. The first Elgin pocketwatch was an 18 size movement given the number 101, made in 1867. The serial numbers run from there up to the ballpark of 55 million, which is a lot of watches!

A brief guide to how you can identify a genuine Elgin or Lord Elgin watch. The resources here cover wrist watches produced prior to 1970.

2009年4月30日 · The Elgin National Watch Co. was the largest American watch company in terms of jeweled movements produced, over 50,000,000 in its approximately 100 years of building watches from 1866 to the 1960s. Following its 1864 start, in which J.C. Adams had a hand, the National Watch Company reorganized, effective Feburary 15, 1865.

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2024年9月1日 · Elgin pocket watches are prized by collectors around the world for their classic designs, precision engineering, and rich history. Founded in 1864, the Elgin National Watch Company quickly became one of the largest watch manufacturers in the United States, known for producing reliable and innovative timepieces.