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Elgin 16S 21J lever set (LS) adj. 5p B.W. Raymond grade 478 pocket watch #31311336, handsome nickel split plate movement with screw-down gold jewel settings (GJS), a gold center wheel and a bar-style damascene pattern, double sunk (DS) porcelain enamel Montgomery-style dial with bold fancy Arabic numbers, black & red Arabic minute markers and a black-marked subsidiary seconds register has a faint hairline at 6 o'clock along with a few small flakes around the edge of the dial, bold blue steel spade & whip style hands.

Attractive yellow gold filled (YGF) screw back & bezel (SB&B) Elgin Model 3056 case with a deeply engraved bar & diamond pattern design on the bezels, a stepped frame, short heavy shoulders & pendant with a recessed crown, a large heavy bow and a thick glass crystal, case is showing normal even wear with a few small spots of brass starting on the frame & back cover and a few small scuffs on the frame, additionally the bow looks to be a replacement to the case and is not the correct style to this model although it does function correctly and does not impede the safe usage of the watch, measures approx. 51mm in diameter x 62mm in length x 13mm thick (crystal included). A high quality triple signed railroad grade Elgin from the 1920s in excellent overall condition!

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