Here's a later Elgin 12 size. It's a grade 495, 17 jewels, made about 1933.
Even the exact original factory hands often have to be adjusted to fit a watch. Standardized Elgin parts were good, but not that good. This time both the new hour and minute hands had to be tightened.
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