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The clock tower of the national street plant was torn down october 7, 1966. This 18 size muckle case has a pre patent patent pending date of 1882 and was produced before the actual patent was granted. Elgin, hamilton, hampden, howard, illinois, new york standard, rockford, seth thomas, south bend and waltham. See more ideas about watches, pocket watch and pocket. See more ideas about pocket watch antique, vintage pocket watch and elgin watch. As the title implies, this book doesnt cover wrist watches, but it does, however, cover pocket watches more. When you first start out you will need a good reference pocket book, but you can start by learning all the town or city marks first, then as you become more confident, move on to. They are also available in either silver or gold but they tend to have smaller faces as well as smaller overall body sizes. He said that he had my wifes grandfathers old elgin pocket watch that didnt work anymore and that if i wanted to see if i could bring it back to life he would send it to me.
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