RE: Bought a 1891 Elgin Convertible, 15j Adjusted Grade 50 this weekend
This watch is one more for my Elgin Bucket list.
I have come very close to purchasing one of these 16 size Adjusted Convertible Elgin watches
many times but haven't. I've looked at the Grade 50, and the Grade 86.
Some of the others are way out of my price range(like the beautiful Grade 91 and 72).
This weekend I saw this watch on Ebay with a
nice chain and fob(s). It wasn't listed as a convertible, or a grade 50.
It had slid under the radar. It was sitting at $30.00, and it was
everything I wanted. It was in it's original case, had a glass crystal, and had beautiful hands.
The fob is also very nice, one seems to be a wrench, and the other
a graduation fob from the University of Detroit 1925. I ended up getting it
for $45.00. It shows that a little patience pays off.
The seller's story is that it belonged to their great grandfather and it was worn again
by their grandfather when he graduated from the University of Detroit in 1925."
This watch is one more for my Elgin Bucket list.
I have come very close to purchasing one of these 16 size Adjusted Convertible Elgin watches
many times but haven't. I've looked at the Grade 50, and the Grade 86.
Some of the others are way out of my price range(like the beautiful Grade 91 and 72).
This weekend I saw this watch on Ebay with a
nice chain and fob(s). It wasn't listed as a convertible, or a grade 50.
It had slid under the radar. It was sitting at $30.00, and it was
everything I wanted. It was in it's original case, had a glass crystal, and had beautiful hands.
The fob is also very nice, one seems to be a wrench, and the other
a graduation fob from the University of Detroit 1925. I ended up getting it
for $45.00. It shows that a little patience pays off.
The seller's story is that it belonged to their great grandfather and it was worn again
by their grandfather when he graduated from the University of Detroit in 1925."
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