RE: "I made an offer for it but they didn't budge."
So(and not that anyone really cares) but the Antique store called me back.
Yesterday I saw an unrecognizable number on my cell phone. 99% of the time
I let them go directly to my message because they are almost always
robocalls.
But yesterday I picked up the call, and the person was from the antique store
letting me know that they would accept my offer on the
style No. 39 Elgin Gold filled watch case(with wrong 7j movement inside).
It was a fairly low amount of money compared to what it would
have sold for on eBay(and it's value in "the Complete Price Guide") but still a fair offer.
I particularly like this case because it has "Elgin RR" on the case right under the crown.
I don't know of any other Elgin cases that say "Elgin RR" on them.
They look very nice.
Now I have to decide if I want to anger the "horological watch gods" and put
my 1913 19j 16s B W Raymond(that's in a wrong mismatched case with plastic crystal) into a early 1920's
high quality Elgin RR case.
Rob