ELGIN
TIME KEEPER TO THE SUCCESSFUL
Soon I called it my "old reliable" - and in forty years it has never failed me
One of a series of little biographies of Elgin Watches
WRITTEN BY EMINENT ELGINEERS
An experience as a commuter is very apt to give any man a high respect for an accurate watch. For a commuter soon learns that a fickle time-piece may lead to calamity; such as a lost business engagement in town or a cold dinner at home.
While practicing law in the city of Chicago, I was commuting each day from Wheaton, Illinois, and an erratic watch was a source of frequent apprehension to me.
One day - in 1885 - I missed my train. And it was then that I decided to acquire an Elgin - purchasing it from Giles & Company, then a Chicago landmark.
It was a Number Fifty model in a heavy gold case, recommended to withstand even the rigors of commuting... Soon I called it my "old reliable" - and in these forty years it has never failed me.
It still keeps correct time, and is always "on call" when my present-day watch - a much handsomer and thinner Elgin - is sent away for cleaning.
- by ELBERT H. GARY
ELGIN
THE WATCH WORD FOR ELEGANCE AND EFFICIENCY
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