empressissi™ is pleased to offer this exquisite American made ELGIN dress watch for men from the early 50s in solid gold case.
The watch houses a strong hi grade 556 manual wind movement with sub seconds, running on 21 jewels and adjusted to 4 positions - a quality high grade American made movement. It is cased in a signed 14K solid yellow gold case in classic design with inscription for 1952.
The dial was professionally restored here in our atelier - pearl white tone with applied solid gold numerals. It has an original set of hands.
This Lord Elgin watch measures 29mm side to side (excluding crown) and 36mm from top lug to bottom lug and is modest in size even for vintage standards.
Attached to this watch is a brand new, quality slim genuine leather band in black tone, 16mm wide, with anti-allergic buckle in matching tone.
Vintage watches are smaller than today's standards; To avoid the inconvenience of returns merely due to wrong size expectations, Please study the listed sizes and keep in mind that in most cases, vintage watches will be smaller than today's standards and are unlikely to fit a large wrist. For your convenience, and to better understand the proportions of vintage watches sizes, download and print a copy of our unique watch size reference PDF page.
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