Pocket Watch Database
Elgin Size 8s Model 1: Overview & Production
Elgin Model 1 is a 8-Size 3/4-plate lever-set movement featuring a gilt or nickel finish.
Model 1 Features
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 | 8s |
| Configuration | Hunting |
| Plate | 3/4 |
| Setting | Lever |
| Finish | Gilt or Nickel |
| U.S. Patents | 77078 |
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Model 1 Production
| Total Production: | ~1,000 |
| Est. Production Years: | 1878 - 1886 |
| Earliest Serial: | 510,001 |
| Latest Serial: | 1,950,000 |
| Runs: | ~59 |
| Distinctive Grades: | 6 |