1950s Vintage Elgin 10K Gold Plated Watch
This 1950s vintage Elgin watch model is a timepiece of rare beauty that has stood the test of time remarkably well. And it's no wonder, given the premium quality and passion for elegant design the Elgin brand is known for.
The watch comes with a 10K gold-plated bezel, a stainless steel back, a gold-plated watch bracelet, and a stunning art-deco style dial, which looks simply timeless. If you're a vintage enthusiast, you will love the details of this Elgin mechanical watch!
The mechanical movement is in working condition. And the watch is ideal for small to medium wrist sizes. We would recommend this watch for medium wrist sizes for women, or small wrist sizes for men.
Product details:
Condition: Very good (with small signs of age).
Case width: 23 mm.
Case height: 37 mm (lugs included).
Wrist size: medium (ladies) - small (gents).
Mechanical movement.
10K Gold-plated - 10K RGP Bezel.
Stainless steel back.
The watch is in working condition.
For more elegant vintage watches, check out our complete Elgin collection.
This is a vintage watch with a mechanical movement that needs to be hand-wound periodically in order to keep time correctly. It is a watch from the 1950s, so its level of time-keeping accuracy is specific to the period when it was manufactured.
About Elgin
Elgin was founded in 1864, right as the civil war was coming to an end. The first watch Elgin made, an 18 sized B W Raymond railroad grade watch, was finished in 1867 and over the next 100 years, they went on to produce about 60 million watches. Elgin produced its first wristwatch around 1910, leading most other American watch companies by many years.
Elgin was originally called the "National Watch Company". The name never really stuck and in 1874, they changed their name to the "Elgin National Watch Company" because most of the watch trade and public were calling them "watches from Elgin". They kept that name until the late 1960s when they stopped producing watches and changed their name to the "Elgin National Industries".
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Shipping information:
We offer free worldwide shipping with tracking, from Romania.
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