Dave Bush   34 Blossom St.  Portsmouth NH 03801  USA    (603) 436-9721 Email me at Dave@NHwatchsite.com    Elgin 18 size 21 jewel grade 349 railroad watch item WE419 Price $295       This is an 18 size with an outer case diameter of 54mm(2.1 inches)           Excellent bold numbered double sunk white porcelain enamel dial   Has glass crystal         The movement is signed "Elgin Nat'l Watch Co U.S.A., 21 jewels, No. 349, adjusted 5 positions, safety pinion" and has all gold jewel settings and highly polished steel surfaces   It fills all of the requirements of a railroad watch in any era   It is running well with good motion and keeping good time as it has been professionally cleaned and oiled                 It is lever setting to set the hands- that is, there is a little lever at the edge of the dial at about the 2:00 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 2:00 in the photo above         The case is signed "silverode", and is made of some type of nickel alloy   It is a solid metal case that will take a lot of abuse, and will wear for a very long time, much longer than gold, gold filled or silver   It is plain, in excellent condition, and has just been polished to a high shine It is nickel in color - since it is so shiny it reflects like a mirror everything around it making it difficult to tell from the photos what color it is exactly - you can see mostly my white light reflectors in the photos of the back   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 1908           Home Click here for watch listings main page Ordering information         Dave Bush   34 Blossom St.  Portsmouth NH 03801  USA    (603) 436-9721 Email me at Dave@NHwatchsite.com