ELGIN 21-JEWEL MODEL 7 POCKET WATCHES, LOT OF TWO, each grade 349, class A railroad grade, double roller, lever-set movement, comprising one circa 1908 serial number 13398238 and the other circa 1911 serial number 15088787, each having a white enamel dial with Arabic chapter ring and Arabic outer track, double-sunk seconds subsidiary, and blued-steel spade hands, housed in a gold-filled open-face case. Each marked to back of movement and to interior case cover. Elgin National Watch Co., Elgin, IL. Circa 1908 and 1911. Size 18s.
Provenance: From a Princeton, WV collection.

Circa 1908 example in very good overall condition with minor wear and surface scratches, dial with a short light hairline under 3 position, case with moderate to significant worn spots to engraving on back and spots of gold loss; circa 1911 example in good to very good overall condition with minor to moderate wear and surface scratches, dial with a chip and a hairline adjacent to the sunk seconds subsidiary and a few faint hairlines around the 3 position, case with some scattered small dents along the edges and isolated areas of gold loss. Each currently running and not timed for accuracy, circa 1911 stopping sporadically (see Catalogue Guarantee).