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Generic "No. 76" Manufacturers' Price List Catalog (1903)
Publication Year: 1903
Page: 4
| Grade: | 214 |
| Manufacturer: | Elgin |
| Note: | Veritas |
| Size: | 18s |
| Configuration: | Openface |
| Setting: | Lever |
| Finish: | Nickel |
| Finish Description: | Nickel, Damaskeened Plates |
| Jewels: | 23j |
| Jewel Setting: | Raised Settings |
| Jewel Description: | 23 Fine Ruby Jewels (Raised Gold Settings) |
| Adjusted: | Yes |
| Adjusted To Temperature: | Yes |
| Adjusted To Isochronism: | Yes |
| Adjusted Description: | Adjusted to Temperature, Isochronism and Positions |
| Regulator: | Micrometric Regulator |
| Hairspring: | Breguet |
| Balance: | Compensation |
| Train: | Quick |
| Escapement Type: | Straight Line Escapement |
| Dial Material: | Glass Enamel |
| Dial Type: | Double-sunk |
| Description: | NO. 239 VERITAS O.F. LEVER SET; NICKEL, 21 FINE RUBY JEWELS (RAISED GOLD SETTINGS), ADJUSTED TO TEMPERATURE, ISOCHRONISM AND POSITIONS, QUICK TRAIN WITH GOLD WHEELS, STRAIGHT LINE ESCAPEMENT WITH STEEL ESCAPE WHEEL, PALLET ARBOR AND ESCAPE PINION CONE-PIVOTED AND CAP-JEWELED, EXPOSED PALLETS, COMPENSATING BALANCE, BREGUET HAIRSPRING, MICROMETRIC REGULATOR, PATENT SAFETY BARREL WITH SPRING BOX RIGIDLY MOUNTED ON BRIDGE, DISPLAY WINDING WORK, PATENT RECOILING CLICK, PATENT SELF-LOCKING SETTING DEVICE, DOUBLE SUNK GLASS ENAMEL DIAL, DUST RING, DAMASKEENED PLATES, CAREFULLY TIMED AND FINELY FINISHED THROUGHOUT. $52.50 NO. 214 VERITAS O.F. 23, EXTRA FINE RUBY JEWELS, ADJUSTED. $63.00 |
| Price: | $63.00 |
The Railroad Telegrapher
Publication Date: March 1905
| Grade: | 214 |
| Manufacturer: | Elgin |
| Model: | 8 |
| Configuration: | Openface |
| Setting: | Lever |
| Finish: | Nickel |
| Jewels: | 23j |
| Jewel Setting: | Raised Gold Settings |
| Jewel Description: | TWENTY-THREE EXTRA FINE RUBY JEWELS |
| Adjusted: | Yes |
| Adjusted Marked: | Yes |
| Adjusted To Temperature: | Yes |
| Adjusted To Isochronism: | Yes |
| Adjusted Description: | Adjusted to Temperature, Isochronism and Positions |
| Railroad Grade: | Yes |
| Regulator: | Micrometric Regulator |
| Hairspring: | Breguet |
| Balance: | Compensation |
| Train: | Quick |
| Escapement Type: | Straight Line |
| Dial Material: | Glass Enamel |
| Dial Type: | Double-sunk |
| Description: | ELGIN RAILROAD WATCHES ARE BETTER THAN THEY HAVE TO BE. THIS IS BUT ONE ELGIN MODEL. OTHERS ARE DESCRIBED IN OUR BOOK "TIMEMAKERS AND TIMEKEEPERS" AN ILLUSTRATED JOINT HISTORY OF THE LOCOMOTIVE AND THE WATCH. SENT FREE. VERITAS MODEL NO. 214 OPEN FACE, LEVER SET. NICKEL. TWENTY-THREE EXTRA FINE RUBY JEWELS (RAISED FOLD SETTINGS); ADJUSTED TO TEMPERATURE, ISOCHRONISM AND POSITIONS; QUICK TRAINT WITH GOLD WHEELS; STRAIGHT LINE DOUBLE-ROLLER ESCAPEMENT WITH STEEL ESCAPE WHEEL; POISED PALLET AND FORK; PALLET ARBOR AND ESCAPE PINION CONE-PIVOTED AND CAP-JEWELED; EXPOSED PALLETS; COMPENSATING BALANCE; BREGUET HAIRSPRING, MICROMETRIC REGULATOR; PATENT SAFETY BARREL, WITH SPRING BOX RIGIDLY MOUNTED ON BRIDGE; BARREL ARBOR PIVOTS RUNNING IN JEWELS; DISPLAY WINDING WORK; PATENT RECOILING CLICK; PATENT SELF-LOCKING SETTING DEVICE; DOUBLE-SUNK GLASS-ENAMEL DIAL; DUST RING; PLATES BEAUTFIULLY DAMASKEENED; CAREFULLY TIMED, AND PARTS FINELY FINISHED THROUGHOUT. WILL RUN ABOUT FORTY-TWO HOURS WITH ONE WINDING. |
The Keystone, Volume 26
Publication Year: 1905
Page: 320
| Grade: | 214 |
| Manufacturer: | Elgin |
| Size: | 18s |
| Configuration: | Openface |
| Finish: | Nickel |
| Jewels: | 23j |
| Jewel Count Marked: | Yes |
| Adjusted: | Yes |
| Adjusted Marked: | Yes |
| Railroad Grade: | Yes |
| Markings: | Veritas Elgin, Ill. U.S.A. 23 Jewels Adjusted Safety Barrel |
Brotherhoods of Locomotive Firemen's Magazine
Publication Date: May 1906
Page: 7
| Grade: | 214 |
| Manufacturer: | Elgin |
| Size: | 18s |
| Model: | 8 |
| Configuration: | Openface |
| Setting: | Lever |
| Finish: | Nickel |
| Finish Description: | Plates beautifully damaskeened |
| Jewels: | 23j |
| Jewel Count Marked: | Yes |
| Jewel Setting: | Raised Gold Settings |
| Jewel Description: | TWENTY-THREE EXTRA FINE RUBY JEWELS |
| Adjusted: | Yes |
| Adjusted Marked: | Yes |
| Adjusted To Temperature: | Yes |
| Adjusted To Isochronism: | Yes |
| Adjusted Description: | Adjusted to Temperature, Isochronism and Positions |
| Railroad Grade: | Yes |
| Regulator: | Micrometric Regulator |
| Hairspring: | Breguet |
| Balance: | Compensation |
| Train: | Quick |
| Escapement Type: | Straight Line |
| Markings: | Veritas Elgin, Ill. U.S.A. 23 Jewels Adjusted Safety Barrel |
| Dial Material: | Glass Enamel |
| Dial Type: | Double-sunk |
| Description: | THE WONDERFUL ELGIN WATCH THAT RUNS 42 HOURS WITH ONE WINDING VERTIAS MODEL NO. 214 18 SIZE, OPEN FACE, LEVER SET. NICKEL. TWENTY-TREE EXTRA FINE RUBY JEWELS (RAISED GOLD SETTINGS); ADJUSTED TO TEMPERATURE, ISOCHRONISM AND POSITIONS; QUICK TRAIN WITH GOLD WHEELS; STRAIGHT LINE DOUBLE-ROLLER ESCAPEMENT WITH STEEL ESCAPE WHEEL; POISED PALLET AND FORK; PALLET ARBOR AND ESCAPE PINION CONE-PIVOTED AND CAP-JEWELED; EXPOSED PALLETS; COMPENSATING BALANCE; BREGUET HAIRSPRING, MICROMETRIC REGULATOR; PATENT SAFETY BARREL, WITH SPRING BOX RIGIDLY MOUNTED ON BRIDGE; BARREL ARBOR PIVOTS, RUNNING IN JEWELS; DISPLAY WINDING WORK; PATENT RECOILING CLICK; PATENT SELF-LOCKING SETTING DEVICE; DOUBLE-SUNK GLASS-ENAMEL DIAL; DUST RING; PLATES BEAUTIFULLY DAMASKEENED; CAREFULLY TIMED, AND PARTS FINELY FINISHED THROUGHOUT. WILL RUN ABOUT FORTY-TWO HOURS WITH ONE WINDING. |
A.C. Becken 16th Annual Catalog (1907)
Publication Year: 1907
Page: 4
| Grade: | 214 |
| Manufacturer: | Elgin |
| Note: | Veritas |
| Size: | 18s |
| Configuration: | Openface |
| Setting: | Lever |
| Finish: | Nickel |
| Finish Description: | Plates Beautifully Damaskeened |
| Jewels: | 23j |
| Jewel Count Marked: | Yes |
| Jewel Setting: | Raised Gold Settings |
| Jewel Description: | 23 EXTRA FINE RUBY JEWELS |
| Adjusted: | Yes |
| Adjusted Marked: | Yes |
| Adjusted To Temperature: | Yes |
| Adjusted To Isochronism: | Yes |
| Adjusted Description: | Adjusted to Temperature, Isochronism and Positions |
| Regulator: | Micrometric Regulator |
| Hairspring: | Breguet |
| Balance: | Compensation |
| Markings: | Veritas Elgin, Ill. U.S.A. 23 Jewels Adjusted Safety Barrel |
| Dial Material: | Glass Enamel |
| Dial Type: | Double-sunk |
| Description: | VERITAS, 23 JEWELS. 3/4 PLATE, NICKEL, 23 EXTRA FINE RUBY JEWELS (RAISED GOLD SETTINGS); ADJUSTED TO TEMPERATURE, ISOCHRONISM AND POSITIONS; DOUBLE ROLLER ESCAPEMENT WITH STEEL ESCAPE WHEEL; POISED PALLET AND FORK; PALLET ARBOR AND ESCAPE PINION CONE-PIVOTED AND CAP-JEWELED; EXPOSED PALLETS, COMPENSATION BALANCE; BREGUET HAIRSPRING, MICROMETRIC REGULATOR; PATENT SAFETY BARREL WITH SPRING BOX RIGIDLY MOUNTED ON BRIDGE; BARREL ARBOR PIVOTS RUNNING IN JEWELS; DISPLAY WINDING WORK; PATENT RECOILING CLICK; PATENT SELF-LOCKING SETTING DEVICE, DOUBLE SUNK GLASS ENAMEL DIAL; DUST RING; PLATES BEAUTIFULLY DAMASKEENED; CAREFULLY TIMED, AND FINELY FINISHED THROUGHOUT. OPEN FACE ONLY, LEVER SET, $60.00 |
| Price: | $60.00 |
A.C. Becken Catalog (1915)
Publication Year: 1915
Page: 80
| Grade: | 214 |
| Manufacturer: | Elgin |
| Size: | 18s |
| Configuration: | Openface |
| Finish: | Nickel |
| Price: | $54.00 |