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]

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.

The Elgin National Watch Company went completely out of business and halted operation in 1968. One of Elgin's last logos is pictured here at the right. It continued to be used for a time, into the 1970s as the trademarks passed to other organizations. But Elgin proper never made a quartz product, or a modern clock.

On May 12, 1874 during a special stockholder's meeting held in Chicago, the name of the company was changed to "The Elgin National Watch Company. This was thought to be advisable because the movements manufactured by the company were universally known as and called "Elgin Watches" or the "Watch from Elgin".

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.

Starting in 1935, a number of Elgin watch models displayed a star on the dial, to further symbolize the company’s astronomical roots. Elgin maintained multiple product lines. The basic models were branded simply “ Elgin.” The middle range was branded “ Elgin DeLuxe.” The high quality range was labelled “ Lord Elgin.

A complete history of watchmaking in America, Chicago, by George Henry Abbott, first published in 1888. Here we see the roles of the founders of the company and other significant figures, after whom Elgin named movements throughout its 100 years, G. M. Wheeler, and B. W. Raymond being the best known examples.

2024年2月14日 · Pamphlet on the history of the Elgin National Watch Company created by the Elgin chapter of the National Secretaries Association. Made to celebrate America's bicentennial. *On page 20, it says that the Watch Factory tower clock mechanism was sent to Hagans Clock Manor Museum in Evergreen, Colorado.

Throughout their history, the Elgin National Watch Company was known for horological innovations. In 1958, they introduced the “DuraBalance,” an ingenious design for a free-sprung balance (no regulator pins) which used spiral balance arms and small weights to govern the moment of inertia of the balance.

Elgin History Museum. Phone: 847-742-4248 Email: [email protected] Donate. Menu. Visit. Plan your Visit; Exhibits Overview; Partner Programs ... Elgin Time: A History of the Elgin National Watch Company, 1864 to 1968. Inspiring historical discovery through preserving Elgin's …