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Elgin Grade 270 Catalogs
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Brotherhoods of Locomotive Firemen's Magazine
Publication Date: February 1906
Page: 3
| Grade: | 270 |
| Manufacturer: | Elgin |
| Size: | 16s |
| Model: | 9 |
| Configuration: | Openface |
| Setting: | Lever |
| Finish: | Nickel |
| Jewels: | 21j |
| Jewel Count Marked: | Yes |
| Jewel Setting: | Gold Screw Settings |
| Jewel Description: | Twenty-one 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 |
| Markings: | Elgin Watch Co. 21 Jewels Adjusted No. 270 U.S.A. Safety Pinion |
| Trim Lettering Color: | Gilt |
| Dial Material: | Glass Enamel |
| Dial Type: | Double-sunk |
| Description: | The Leading 16 size R.R. Watch No. 270 Bridge Model Elgin Open face, bridge, lever set. Nickel. Twenty-one fine ruby jewels (gold settings); adjusted to temperature, isochronism and positions; gold train wheels; steel escape wheel; pallet arbor and escape pinion cone-pivoted and cap-jeweled; exposed pallets; compensating blanace; Breguet hairspring; micrometric regulator; display winding work; patent recoiling click; patent self-locking setting device; double-sunk glass enamel dial; dust ring; engraving inlaid with gold; damaskeened plates; closely timed and finely finished throughout. |
A.C. Becken 16th Annual Catalog (1907)
Publication Year: 1907
Page: 6
| Grade: | 270 |
| Manufacturer: | Elgin |
| Size: | 16s |
| Configuration: | Openface |
| Setting: | Lever |
| Finish: | Nickel |
| Finish Description: | Damaskeened Plates |
| Jewels: | 21j |
| Jewel Count Marked: | Yes |
| Jewel Setting: | Gold Screw Settings |
| Jewel Description: | 21 Fine Ruby Jewels, Gold Settings |
| 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 |
| Markings: | Elgin Nat'l. Watch Co. U.S.A. No. 270 21 Jewels Adjusted Safety Pinion |
| Dial Material: | Glass Enamel |
| Dial Type: | Double-sunk |
| Description: | Nickel, 21 fine ruby jewels, gold settings, adjusted to temperature, isochronism and positions, steel escape wheel, pallet arbor and escape pinion cone-pivoted and cap-jewels, exposed pallets, compensating balance, Breguet hairspring, micrometric regulator, display winding work, patent recoiling click, patent self-locking setting device, double sunk glass enamel dial, dust ring, engraving inlaid with gold, damaskeened plates, closely timed and finely finished throughout. No. 270 Bridge, Open Face only, lever set, $50.00 |
| Price: | $50.00 |