This falls under the heading of they don't make them like they used to (for good reasons). Elgin improved the design a great deal on slightly later models.
Elgin number 4592421 is a grade 118, 6 size, 11 jewel, made about 1892.
Job Number 260012
Elgin number 4592421 is a grade 118, 6 size, 11 jewel, made about 1892.
Job Number 260032
The hairspring stud screw was stripped. We can see here that a prior repairer tried to get it to hold by hitting the balance cock above the screw hole with a punch in an attempt the collapse the hole. They could at least have done it on the back side where it wouldn't show.
At any rate it didn't work, the screw would not tighten. And this isn't a proper fix anyway. The first thing I did was try the different screw. That worked fine.
On to the next steps...
Elgin number 21264278 is a grade 303, 12 size, 7 jewels, made about 1919.
Job Number 260030
Elgin serial number 6958332 is an 18 size, 7 jewel, grade 96, made about 1897.
Job Number 260030
This all looks good initially, nothing obviously broken. Most of the time after they are ticking I leave them running a full cycle before doing any rate adjustment.
Elgin serial number 6958332 is an 18 size, 7 jewel, grade 96, made about 1897.
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