Kent
07-29-2002, 05:10 PM
Jerry
The information about Dueber being sold to Russia in 1930 is accurate, but Dueber never had anything approaching a monopoly in the case market. In fact, Dueber was a victim of the watch trust, since he wouldn't go along with their price structure.
Wayne Schlitt has a great web site devoted to Elgin at Elgin Watches (http://www.midwestcs.com/elgin/). Using the serial number on the movement (the "works"), not the case, you can look your watch up by choosing "Elgin Databases" and then "Serial Number Lookup." There is a lot of other good information on the site explaining the data found by doing a "Serial Number Lookup" and on Elgin pocket watches in general.
Kent :smile:
[This message has been edited by Kent (edited 07-29-2002).]
The information about Dueber being sold to Russia in 1930 is accurate, but Dueber never had anything approaching a monopoly in the case market. In fact, Dueber was a victim of the watch trust, since he wouldn't go along with their price structure.
Wayne Schlitt has a great web site devoted to Elgin at Elgin Watches (http://www.midwestcs.com/elgin/). Using the serial number on the movement (the "works"), not the case, you can look your watch up by choosing "Elgin Databases" and then "Serial Number Lookup." There is a lot of other good information on the site explaining the data found by doing a "Serial Number Lookup" and on Elgin pocket watches in general.
Kent :smile:
[This message has been edited by Kent (edited 07-29-2002).]