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Information, serial numbers, specs, and values of American antique pocket watches, with serial number lookups for manufacturers such as Elgin, Illinois, Waltham, and Hamilton.
Just enter the serial number and click search. There you can learn the class, model and grade of a movement, as well as it's production history, size, jeweling and other specifications. Look up the details about your antique Elgin watch here
Information, serial numbers, specs, and values of American antique pocket watches, with serial number lookups for manufacturers such as Elgin, Illinois, Waltham, and Hamilton.
You can identify your antique Elgin Pocket Watch with the Serial Number etched on the movement. Please note this digit isn’t the same as your case’s serial number, as those are almost irrelevant. Instead, pry open the case on the back, check the mechanics (movement) for a sequential digit, and look it up in the Elgin Watch Database .
Dating, based on Movement Serial Number. Movement serial numbers provide useful insight in the manufacturing date of the movement. This is possible because Elgin watch movements were numbered sequentially. We know the sequence numbers with confidence up to the end of 1955; these numbers are presented below.
The best possible way of knowing whether the watch is fake or not is by checking the serial number. To do that, you will need to do the following things: Start by opening the back of your Elgin pocket watch. Then, you should see a serial number inscribed on your watch.
Information, serial numbers, specs, and values of American antique pocket watches, with serial number lookups for manufacturers such as Elgin, Illinois, Waltham, and Hamilton.
ELGIN SERIAL NUMBERS. Serial numbers can be used to date your pocket watch. Scroll below to view the serial number date chart. Date Elgin pocket watches by the serial number on the movement.
Serial# Year Serial# Year Serial# Year Serial# Year 101 1867 4,000,000 1890 17,500,000 1913 36,000,000 1936
Owners can trace their pocket watch's history by obtaining the unique serial number featured on the movement part of the watch--not the watch case, which displays only a case serial number. To accurately read the serial number, you will need to determine the best way to open the case, which varies from model, size and style.