Pocket Watch Database
Elgin Size 16s Model 21: Overview & Production
Model 21 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 | Pendant |
| Finish | Gilt or Nickel |
| Notes | Detent Stem, Timer |
| U.S. Patents | 77078, 596407 |
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Model 21 Production
| Total Production: | ~378,000 |
| Est. Production Years: | 1920 - 1946 |
| Earliest Serial: | 22,027,001 |
| Latest Serial: | 43,291,000 |
| Runs: | ~91 |
| Smallest Run: | 1,000 |
| Largest Run: | 16,000 |
| Distinctive Grades: | 3 |
Model 21 Production Segments
| Model 21 (All Variations): 378,000 ETP |
| Flat: 378,000 (100.00%) |
| Sweepsecond: 378,000 (100.00%) |
| Pendant: 378,000 (100.00%) |
| 7j: 171,800 (45.45%) | 15j: 206,200 (54.55%) |