Men’s 1926 Elgin Chrome Dress Watch w/ Period Box

Deco-era Elgin wristwatches are always satisfying to study and offer for sale. After all, the Elgin Watch factory was the biggest watch factory in the world, with its own jeweling house, watch college, and observatory stretching across city block after city block in the little town of Elgin, Ill. This progressive company spared no expense in finding the most talented artists and case designers to come up with a look that would set their watches apart from and, ABOVE, the rest. 

Anyone looking for Deco flair will find it in this splendid example of Elgin's craftsmanship. Sized at a perfectly-balanced 38mm by 32mm, with a slightly tonneau shape and embossed bezel, this solid timepiece is an example of the magnificent wrist art of the era. Its design has the flair that gives Deco its panache; extending with an architectural, sweeping quality through the case and dial. A thick crown and ribbed sides add just the right neo-classic touch.

Its restored dial sports an outer minutes track that frames wonderful Boxcar numerals, "stained-glass" hands and matching sub-seconds register.

Snap open the unengraved back of this chromed work of art and you’ll find another marvel of the era: a well-engineered, fully serviced grade 462 3/0 7 ruby jewel movement with compensated balance, whip regulator and raised, ruby-jeweled settings.

This extraordinary watch comes fitted with a black cordovan SVW strap; offered in an equally handsome period presentation box. For those who feel the sweet ache of the Jazz-Age longing, this will assuredly make you THE "Man about Town."