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Elgin Grade 280 Advertisements & Publications
Brotherhoods of Locomotive Firemen's Magazine
Publication Date: January 1906
Page: 15
| Grade: | 280 |
| Manufacturer: | Elgin |
| Size: | 16s |
| Model: | 9 |
| Configuration: | Openface |
| Setting: | Lever |
| Finish: | Nickel |
| Jewels: | 17j |
| Jewel Count Marked: | Yes |
| Jewel Setting: | Gold Screw Settings |
| Jewel Description: | Seventeen Ruby Jewels |
| Adjusted: | Yes |
| Adjusted Marked: | Yes |
| Adjusted To Temperature: | Yes |
| Adjusted To Isochronism: | Yes |
| Adjusted Description: | Adjusted to Temperature, Isochronism and Positions |
| Railroad Grade: | Yes |
| Regulator: | Micrometric Regulator |
| Hairspring: | Breguet |
| Balance: | Compensation |
| Markings: | Elgin Nat'l Watch Co. U.S.A. 17 Jewels No. 280 Safety Pinion |
| Trim Lettering Color: | Gilt |
| Dial Material: | Glass Enamel |
| Dial Type: | Double-sunk |
| Description: | The No. 280, 16 Suze Bridge Model Elgin Open face, bridge, lever set. Nickel. Seventeen ruby jewels (gold settings); adjusted to temperature, isochronism and positions; gold center wheel; steel escape wheel; exposed pallets; compensating balance; Breguet harispring; micrometric regulator; display winding work; patent recoiling click; patent self-locking setting device; double-sunk glass-enamel dial; dust-ring; engraving inlaid with gold; damaskeened plates; closely timed and finely finished throughout. |
A.C. Becken 16th Annual Catalog (1907)
Publication Year: 1907
Page: 6
| Grade: | 280 |
| Manufacturer: | Elgin |
| Size: | 16s |
| Configuration: | Openface |
| Setting: | Lever |
| Finish: | Nickel |
| Finish Description: | Damaskeened Plates |
| Jewels: | 17j |
| Jewel Count Marked: | Yes |
| Jewel Setting: | Gold Screw Settings |
| Jewel Description: | 17 Ruby Jewels, Gold Settings |
| Adjusted: | Yes |
| Adjusted Marked: | Yes |
| Adjusted To Temperature: | Yes |
| Adjusted To Isochronism: | Yes |
| Adjusted Description: | Adjusted to Temperature, Isochronism and Positions |
| Railroad Grade: | Yes |
| Regulator: | Micrometric Regulator |
| Hairspring: | Breguet |
| Balance: | Compensation |
| Markings: | Elgin Nat'l. Watch Co. U.S.A. No. 280 21 Jewels Adjusted Safety Pinion. |
| Dial Material: | Glass Enamel |
| Dial Type: | Double-sunk |
| Description: | Nickel, 17 ruby jewels, gold settings, adjusted to temperature, isochronism and positions, steel escape wheel, exposed pallets, compensating balance, Breguet hairspring, micrometric regulator, display winding work, patent recoiling click, patent self-locking setting device, double sunk glass enamel dial, dust ring, engraving inlaid with gold, damaskeened plates, closely timed and finely finished throughout. No. 280 Bridge, Open Face only, lever set, $40.00 |
| Price: | $40.00 |