Factory in the Background

I don't know who these people are, but it looks cold.  This is likely taken in the mid 1920s.

The Elgin National Watch Co. factory is visible in the background.

A Trip to the Ballgame, 1927

This photo shows some Elgin watch factory employees out for the day.  It is labeled on the back, "Machine Room, Trip to the Ballgame, Aug. 26 1927".  Looks like fun.  The bus is marked "Special".

Anyone know somebody in this picture?  Click for a larger view.

Elgin Grade 80

This grade 80 is an H. H. Taylor named movement.  Taylor was a director of the Elgin National Watch Co. in 1867.  You can find more about the early years of the company here.

This is a lever-set, 18 size watch with 15 jewels, this one made about 1893.

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Elgin Grade 74

Here's an Elgin grade 74, in a typical open-faced nickle case, threaded front and back.  This one was made about 1890.

It's an 18 size, 11 jewel movement with stem wind and set.

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Elgin Grade 125

The grade 125 is relatively scarce.

This is a lever-set, 18 size, 15 jewel movement with a micro-regulator.

This one, made about 1893, is in a swing-out case, nickle, (or a variation of nickle) as is pretty typical for men's watches of this era.

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Elgin Grade 126

The grade 126 is an 18 size, 15 jewel, lever-set Elgin movement, featuring a micro-regulator.

This one, made about 1893, has fancy hands, and a braided leather strap attached.

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Elgin Grade 142

Here's nice looking movement...

The grade 142 is another 18 size lever-set movement, with 15 jewels.

This one was made in about 1896.  It features nicely blued screws, including the jewel bezel screws, gold bezels and a gilded regulator index.

The base metal case is pretty clearly newer than the movement, but that's alright.

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