Job Number 170043

Here is the dial side of an Elgin grade 266, 18 size, 17 jewels, made about 1897.

This a blob of brass solder (?) on the underside of the arm that switches winding/setting when the lever is pulled out. I'm not sure what that's all about. I guess it would hold the minute wheel down, but what's it fixing?

Creative repairs...

The underside of the mainspring barrel has a Geneva stop. As is so often the case, it it missing the cam. This is so common on Elgins that I think either they left the factory that way, or watchmakers frequently removed and discarded them for some reason. The part missing does not impact the watch functionally at all.

See more examples of Elgin's Father Time movements here.

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