Pocket dating
10-Oct-2019 06:14
Recently this was discovered at an auction I attended and the owners withdrew the watch from sale.
Finally, at RSVP, we don't believe in charging you for a service you're not using.The earlier watches dated in the late 1800’s all had inscribed on them “Elgin Nat’l Watch Co.” This would also be inscribed on the movement.Almost all of these would have black Roman numerals against a white face.I have had a number of questions now asking about Elgin pocket watch identification.
I am assuming the main reason for this is there are quite a lot of fake or imitation watches on the market place.
I have seen a lot of fake Elgin watches with the name Elgin stamped on the face of the antique or vintage watch, but when you open the actual watch, there is either no serial number at all, or someone has attempted to create one or change one.