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Elgin Grade 239 Advertisements & Publications
Generic "No. 76" Manufacturers' Price List Catalog (1903)
Publication Year: 1903
Page: 4
| Grade: | 239 |
| Manufacturer: | Elgin |
| Note: | Veritas |
| Size: | 18s |
| Configuration: | Openface |
| Setting: | Lever |
| Finish: | Nickel |
| Finish Description: | Nickel, Damaskeened Plates |
| Jewels: | 21j |
| Jewel Setting: | Raised Settings |
| Jewel Description: | 21 Fine Ruby Jewels (Raised Gold Settings) |
| Adjusted: | Yes |
| Adjusted To Temperature: | Yes |
| Adjusted To Isochronism: | Yes |
| Adjusted Description: | Adjusted to Temperature, Isochronism and Positions |
| Regulator: | Micrometric Regulator |
| Hairspring: | Breguet |
| Balance: | Compensation |
| Train: | Quick |
| Escapement Type: | Straight Line Escapement |
| Dial Material: | Glass Enamel |
| Dial Type: | Double-sunk |
| Description: | NO. 239 VERITAS O.F. LEVER SET; NICKEL, 21 FINE RUBY JEWELS (RAISED GOLD SETTINGS), ADJUSTED TO TEMPERATURE, ISOCHRONISM AND POSITIONS, QUICK TRAIN WITH GOLD WHEELS, STRAIGHT LINE ESCAPEMENT WITH STEEL ESCAPE WHEEL, PALLET ARBOR AND ESCAPE PINION CONE-PIVOTED AND CAP-JEWELED, EXPOSED PALLETS, COMPENSATING BALANCE, BREGUET HAIRSPRING, MICROMETRIC REGULATOR, PATENT SAFETY BARREL WITH SPRING BOX RIGIDLY MOUNTED ON BRIDGE, DISPLAY WINDING WORK, PATENT RECOILING CLICK, PATENT SELF-LOCKING SETTING DEVICE, DOUBLE SUNK GLASS ENAMEL DIAL, DUST RING, DAMASKEENED PLATES, CAREFULLY TIMED AND FINELY FINISHED THROUGHOUT. $52.50 NO. 214 VERITAS O.F. 23, EXTRA FINE RUBY JEWELS, ADJUSTED. $63.00 |
| Price: | $52.50 |
The Keystone, Volume 26
Publication Year: 1905
Page: 320
| Grade: | 239 |
| Manufacturer: | Elgin |
| Size: | 18s |
| Configuration: | Hunting |
| Finish: | Nickel |
| Jewels: | 21j |
| Jewel Count Marked: | Yes |
| Adjusted: | Yes |
| Adjusted Marked: | Yes |
| Railroad Grade: | Yes |
| Markings: | Veritas Elgin, Ill. U.S.A. 21 Jewels Adjusted Safety Barrel |
Brotherhoods of Locomotive Firemen's Magazine
Publication Date: April 1906
Page: 7
| Grade: | 239 |
| Manufacturer: | Elgin |
| Size: | 18s |
| Model: | 8 |
| Configuration: | Openface |
| Setting: | Lever |
| Finish: | Nickel |
| Jewels: | 21j |
| Jewel Count Marked: | Yes |
| Jewel Setting: | Raised Gold Settings |
| Jewel Description: | Twenty-one fine 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 |
| Train: | Quick |
| Escapement Type: | Straight Line |
| Markings: | Veritas Elgin, Ill. U.S.A. 21 Jewels Safety Barrel Adjusted |
| Dial Material: | Glass Enamel |
| Dial Type: | Double-sunk |
| Description: | The No. 239 Veritas Model Elgin for Railroad Men 18 Size Open face, lever set. Nickel. Twenty-one fine ruby jewels (raised gold settings); adjusted to temperature, isochronism and positions; quick train with gold wheels, straight line escapement with steel escape wheel; pallet arbor and escape pinion cone-pivoted and cap-jeweled; exposed pallets; compensating balance; Breguet hairspring; micrometric regulator; patent safety barrel, with spring box rigidly mounted on bridge; display winding work; patent recoiling click; patent self-locking setting device; double-sunk glass-enamel dial; dust right; damaskeened plates; carefully timed, and finely finished throughout. |
A.C. Becken 16th Annual Catalog (1907)
Publication Year: 1907
Page: 4
| Grade: | 239 |
| Manufacturer: | Elgin |
| Note: | Veritas |
| Size: | 18s |
| Configuration: | Openface |
| Setting: | Lever |
| Finish: | Nickel |
| Finish Description: | Damaskeened Plates |
| Jewels: | 21j |
| Jewel Count Marked: | Yes |
| Jewel Setting: | Raised Gold Settings |
| Jewel Description: | 21 Fine Ruby Jewels |
| Adjusted: | Yes |
| Adjusted Marked: | Yes |
| Adjusted To Temperature: | Yes |
| Adjusted To Isochronism: | Yes |
| Adjusted Description: | Adjusted to Temperature, Isochronism and Positions |
| Regulator: | Micrometric Regulator |
| Hairspring: | Breguet |
| Balance: | Compensation |
| Markings: | Veritas Elgin, Ill. U.S.A. 21 Jewels Adjusted Safety Barrel |
| Dial Material: | Glass Enamel |
| Dial Type: | Double-sunk |
| Description: | Veritas, 21 Jewels. 3/4 plate, nickel, 21 fine ruby jewels (raised gold settings); adjusted to temperature, isochronism and positions; steel escape wheel; pallet arbor and escape pinion cone-pivoted and cap-jeweled; exposed pallets, compensation balance; Breguet hairspring, micrometric regulator; patent safety barrel with spring box rigidly mounted on bridge; display winding work; patent recoiling click; patent self-locking setting device, double sunk glass enamel dial; dust ring; plates damaskeened; carefully timed, and finely finished throughout. Open Face, lever set, $55.00 Hunting, lever set, $55.00 |
| Price: | $55.00 |
A.C. Becken Catalog (1915)
Publication Year: 1915
Page: 80
| Grade: | 239 |
| Manufacturer: | Elgin |
| Size: | 18s |
| Configuration: | Openface |
| Finish: | Nickel |
| Price: | $50.90 |