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Elgin Grade 240 Advertisements & Publications
Generic "No. 76" Manufacturers' Price List Catalog (1903)
Publication Year: 1903
Page: 4
| Grade: | 240 |
| Manufacturer: | Elgin |
| Note: | B.W. Raymond |
| Size: | 18s |
| Configuration: | Openface |
| Setting: | Lever or Pendant |
| Finish: | Nickel |
| Finish Description: | Nickel, Damaskeened Plates |
| Jewels: | 19j |
| Jewel Setting: | Gold Screw Settings |
| Jewel Description: | 19 Ruby Jewels (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 Type: | Double-sunk |
| Description: | B.W. Raymond Hunting, lever set; O.F. lever set; O.F. pendant set. Nickel, 17 ruby jewels (gold settings), adjusted to temperature, isochronism and positions, quick train, straight line escapement, steel escape wheel, exposed pallets, compensating balance, Breguet hairspring, micrometric regulator, patent recoiling click, double-sunk second dial, dust ring, damaskeened plates, carefully timed, and finely finished throughout. $38.90 B.W. Raymond 19 fine ruby jewels, open face only. $42.00 |
| Price: | $42.00 |
The Keystone, Volume 26
Publication Year: 1905
Page: 320
| Grade: | 240 |
| Manufacturer: | Elgin |
| Size: | 18s |
| Configuration: | Openface |
| Finish: | Nickel |
| Jewels: | 19j |
| Jewel Count Marked: | Yes |
| Adjusted: | Yes |
| Adjusted Marked: | Yes |
| Railroad Grade: | Yes |
| Markings: | B.W. Raymond Elgin, Ill. U.S.A. 19 Jewels Adjusted Safety Pinion |
Brotherhoods of Locomotive Firemen's Magazine
Publication Date: March 1906
Page: 5
| Grade: | 240 |
| Manufacturer: | Elgin |
| Size: | 18s |
| Model: | 8 |
| Configuration: | Openface |
| Setting: | Lever |
| Finish: | Nickel |
| Jewels: | 19j |
| Jewel Count Marked: | Yes |
| Jewel Setting: | Raised Gold Settings |
| Jewel Description: | Nineteen 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: | B.W. Raymond Elgin, Ill. U.S.A. 19 Jewels Safety Barrel |
| Dial Material: | Glass Enamel |
| Dial Type: | Double-sunk |
| Description: | The Famous "B.W. Raymond" Elgin Watch No. 240 - 18 Size Open face, lever set. Nickel. Nineteen fine ruby jewels (raised gold settings); adjusted to temperature, isochronism and positions; quick train with gold wheels; straight line escapement with steel escape wheel; exposed pallets, compensating balance; Breguet hairspring; micrometric regulator; patent safety barrel with spring box rigidly mounted on bridge; barrel arbor pivots running in jewels; 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. |
A.C. Becken 16th Annual Catalog (1907)
Publication Year: 1907
Page: 4
| Grade: | 240 |
| Manufacturer: | Elgin |
| Note: | B.W. Raymond |
| Size: | 18s |
| Configuration: | Openface |
| Setting: | Lever |
| Finish: | Nickel |
| Finish Description: | Damaskeened Plates |
| Jewels: | 19j |
| Jewel Count Marked: | Yes |
| Jewel Setting: | Raised Gold Settings |
| Jewel Description: | 19 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: | B.W. Raymond Elgin, Ill. U.S.A. 19 Jewels Adjusted Safety Barrel |
| Dial Material: | Glass Enamel |
| Dial Type: | Double-sunk |
| Description: | B.W. Raymond, 19 Jewels. 3/4 plate, nickel, 19 fine ruby jewels (raised gold settings); adjusted to temperature, isochronism and positions; steel escape wheel; 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; damaskeened plates; carefully timed, and finely finished throughout. Open Face only, lever set, $40.00 |
| Price: | $40.00 |
A.C. Becken Catalog (1915)
Publication Year: 1915
Page: 80
| Grade: | 240 |
| Manufacturer: | Elgin |
| Size: | 18s |
| Configuration: | Openface |
| Finish: | Nickel |
| Price: | $37.80 |