Pocket Watch Database
Elgin Size 16s Model 5: Overview & Production
Model 5 Features (Variation 1)
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.
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 |
| U.S. Patents | 77078, 503527 |
| Model 5 Image Gallery | |
Model 5 Features (Variation 2)
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 |
| U.S. Patents | 77078, 503527 |
| Model 5 Image Gallery | |
Model 5 Production
| Total Production: | ~231,000 |
| Est. Production Years: | 1888 - 1904 |
| Earliest Serial: | 2,500,001 |
| Latest Serial: | 10,925,000 |
| Runs: | ~137 |
| Smallest Run: | 1,000 |
| Largest Run: | 15,000 |
| Distinctive Grades: | 11 |
Model 5 Production Segments
| Model 5 (All Variations): 231,000 ETP | |
| Gilt: 209,000 (90.48%) | Nickel: 22,000 (9.52%) |
| Openface: 231,000 (100.00%) |
| Pendant: 231,000 (100.00%) |
| 7j: 153,000 (66.23%) | 11j: 34,000 (14.72%) | 13/15j: 8,000 (3.46%) | 13j: 1,000 (0.43%) | 15j: 35,000 (15.15%) |