Pocket Watch Database

Elgin Size 0s Model 3: Overview & Production

Model 3 Features

Elgin Model 0s 3 Diagram

Movement Diagram

Note: Diagrams and photos displayed are intended to serve as a represenation of this model.
Plate cut, finishing style, jewel count, regulator, and other features may differ between grades within the same model designation.
Size 0s
Configuration Openface
Plate 3/4
Setting Pendant
Finish Gilt or Nickel
Notes Some variants spread to 12s case and dial.
U.S. Patents 77078, 596407, 585025
Model 3 Image Gallery

Model 3 Production

Total Production: ~7,682,048
Est. Production Years: 1870 - 1950
Earliest Serial: 1
Latest Serial: 38,993,000
Runs: ~2,418
Smallest Run: 100
Largest Run: 59,000
Distinctive Grades: 75

Model 3 Production Segments

Model 3 (All Variations): 7,682,048 ETP
Unknown: 245,000 (3.19%) Gilt: 1,095,900 (14.27%) Flat: 768,998 (10.01%) Nickel: 5,468,250 (71.18%) Half-Nickel: 99,900 (1.30%) Two-Tone: 4,000 (0.05%)
Unknown: 132,000 (1.72%) Hunting: 2,092,048 (27.23%) Openface: 5,458,000 (71.05%)
Pendant: 6,526,998 (84.96%) Key: 35,500 (0.46%) Lever: 1,119,550 (14.57%)
7j: 3,335,000 (43.41%) 11j: 527,500 (6.87%) 13j: 52,000 (0.68%) 13/15j: 9,000 (0.12%) 15j: 1,649,600 (21.47%) 15/17j: 58,000 (0.76%) 16j: 132,000 (1.72%) 17j: 1,383,950 (18.02%) 19j: 14,000 (0.18%) 21j: 517,998 (6.74%) 23j: 3,000 (0.04%)