Job Number 220037

 

This one is a grade 73 Elgin, 18 size, 7 jewels, made about 1897. 

Nice movement, no problems at all.

This case is interesting and unusual. The threaded front and back are both much smaller in diameter than is typical. I suppose the thought was that the seams wouldn't be so much along the edge of the case.

There was a little trouble adjusting the stem. Its "throw", the difference between winding and setting positions, is very small. It had to be adjusted in tiny increments to get both winding and setting to work. One could replace the stem, but that's a can of worms to avoid if at all possible.

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New Arrival, Job Number 220040

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Job Number 220037

This is a grade 73 Elgin, 18 size, 7 jewels, made about 1897.

No problems with the movement so far...

A slight banking adjustment and it's running well.

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New Arrival, Job Number 220037

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Job Number 220033

And we're back to this one one the bench today... I'm still not getting good performance. These are tricky, it's a very different design from other Elgin products. This is a grade 22, 10 size, 11 jewels, made about 1872, key wind and key set both from the back of the movement.

 
Formerly job number 150273.

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Job Number 220031

Looks like a dot of super glue on the minute hand... That's not a good sign.

This watch is a grade 670, 15/0 size, 21 jewels, made about 1952. It is a Lord Elgin model, really nice watch.

Running well...

I'm not sure why this watch had that tiny dot of glue on the minute hand. The hands went back on just fine.

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Job Number 220027

Broken case screw....

This movement is a grade 73, 18 size, 7 jewels, made about 1893. 

It just needed a small beat adjustment and it's running well.

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Job Number 220016, of Setting and Cannon Pinions

The owner noted that the lever does not lock in out position when setting, you have to hold it. Many lever mechanisms have a second spring that pushes the lever out for this purpose. This watch does not. I thought I'd try to improve it anyway. It is the tension of the setting action itself that pulls the clutch (and thus the lever) back.

What a can of worms that turned into... 

Nothing is worn or broken on this movement. The only way to alter setting tension is the friction of the cannon pinion. But it turns out there is a *very* narrow range of tightness wherein the clutch will not slip in setting, and the the hands will still turn when running. There's nothing I can do to make it better, and it took too many attempts just to get it working - back to where I started. 

You can only adjust a cannon pinion so many times.

I really should have left well enough alone. I just hope it will be alright now.

If the cannon pinion is loose enough that the setting action does not disengage the lever from setting mode then the cannon pinion slips when the watch is running and the hour and minute hands do not move.

The clutch and the intermediary gear it turns in setting do not fully line up in the vertical. That's just how the movement is designed. It slips there easily, when setting, if the cannon pinion is too tight. 

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Job Number 220029

Drywall work going at our place today, so work is slow. This one is off to a fine start though. No problems.

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