Job Number 160291

This is another watch with a number of problems with the setting lever mechanism. For one thing one of the springs is broken. It's shown here with the replacement.

Here's an important difference in this watch from the vast majority of earlier American pieces. The movement has a male stem, which fits into a square hole in the arbor in the neck of the case. Most American pocketwatches are the exact opposite, having the square hole in the arbor in the movement.

Here is lever mechanism, under the dial. There are several parts here unique to this style of Elgin that were not used long - rare. Luckily, with a spring replaced, this one works quite well.

This case is one of those with a screw in the neck that hold the stem in. Luckily, I am able to easily get the movement in and out of the case without disturbing the screw. These screws are frequently in poor condition, and the threads in the soft metal case close to striped.

This watch is a grade 3, 16 size, 15 jewels, made about 1885.