Here's an older one.
The notable feature here is that the dial is marked "National Watch Co", which is the original name Elgin used for the first couple of years of operation. They changed it to Elgin National, as in the name of the city of Elgin, since people were calling the products "watches from Elgin" anyway.
This grade 12 is an 11 jewel watch, made about 1872, named for M. D. Ogden model. It is key wind and key set in a hunter case, triple-hinged, of coin silver.
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