Pocket Watch Database
Elgin Size 16s Model 15: Overview & Production
Model 15 Features
Movement Diagram
Example Image
Dial Plate Image
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.
Plate cut, finishing style, jewel count, regulator, and other features may differ between grades within the same model designation.
| Size | 16s |
| Configuration | Openface |
| Plate | 3/4 |
| Setting | Lever |
| Finish | Nickel |
| U.S. Patents | 77078, 596407, 596408 |
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Model 15 Production
| Total Production: | ~484,100 |
| Est. Production Years: | 1910 - 1946 |
| Earliest Serial: | 14,225,001 |
| Latest Serial: | 43,397,000 |
| Runs: | ~358 |
| Smallest Run: | 50 |
| Largest Run: | 10,000 |
| Distinctive Grades: | 18 |
Model 15 Production Segments
| Model 15 (All Variations): 484,100 ETP | |
| Nickel: 458,100 (94.63%) | Gold Flashed: 26,000 (5.37%) |
| Openface: 484,100 (100.00%) |
| Lever: 463,050 (95.65%) | Pendant: 21,050 (4.35%) |
| 17j: 7,300 (1.51%) | 19j: 99,700 (20.59%) | 21j: 327,350 (67.62%) | 22j: 18,700 (3.86%) | 23j: 31,050 (6.41%) |