"Go to the Stars for the Exact Time"
said the Astronomer
So in 1911 Elgin built the Elgin Time Observatory.
The Elgin Time Observatory takes the time direct from the stars.
Moreover, the Elgin uses its time observatory, hour after hour, every working day, in practical time-taking service.
The Elgin Time Observatory is equipped with a telescope and allied observation mechanism.
It has a battery of four Riefler clocks, the most accurate type of time-recording instruments made by man.
The precise time so observed and recorded is transmitted throughout the Elgin work-shops and timing laboratories.
The Elgin Time Observatory is under daily charge by the leader of the Yerkes Observatory Eclipse Expedition to Cataline Island to record the official time of the sun eclipse last fall.
The Elgin Time Observatory is one of the U. S. Government Weather Stations.
And now, Elgin Time is available also to every member of the Radio audience. It is broadcast daily for three minutes each time at 3:12 p.m., 5:57 p.m. and 10:57 p.m., Central Standard Time, from the Elgin Observatory through The Chicago Board of Trade Station WDAP at the Drake Hotel Chicago.
Elgin seeks to put the precise time into the pocket or on the wrist of every owner of an Elgin Watch.
ELGIN
The Professional Timekeeper
The New "B. W. Raymond" - 21 jewel Railroad Model - the most highly specialized timekeeping instrument ever produced for the railroad man.
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