Dave Bush   34 Blossom St.  Portsmouth NH 03801  USA    (603) 436-9721 Email me at Dave@NHwatchsite.com    

Elgin Father Time 16 size 21 jewel railroad watch

item WE356 Price $350      
    This is a 16 size with an outer case diameter of 49mm(1.9 inches)        

Excellent bold numbered single sunk white porcelain enamel dial   Has glass crystal
 
      It is running well with good motion and keeping good time as it has been professionally cleaned and oiled
 
      The movement is signed "Father Time, Elgin Natl Watch Co U.S.A., 21 jewels, adjusted 5 positions" and has all gold jewel settings and gold gear train, as well as highly polished steel surfaces
  It fills all of the requirements of a railroad watch in any era
 
 
 
          
 
It is lever setting to set the hands- that is, there is a little lever at the edge of the dial at about the 1:00 position that you pull out away from the dial, at which time if you turn the winding crown the hands will move.  Push it back in, and now turning the winding crown will again wind the watch.  This lever setting system was required on all railroad grade watches so that you would not accidentally change the time when you were winding the watch   You can see the lever in the out position at the 1:00 in the photo above


    
 
 
     
   
     
         

 
The case is signed "Warranted 20 years", it is gold filled

As you often find with railroad grade watches, this case is probably not the original one - railroad watches were working watches and often have been through several cases in their lifetimes  
Manufacturer's movement serial number dates this watch to about the year 1921  
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        Dave Bush   34 Blossom St.  Portsmouth NH 03801  USA    (603) 436-9721 Email me at Dave@NHwatchsite.com