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My Elgin Pocket Watch Collection
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G. M. Wheeler |
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| Size
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18
(1 23/30")
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| Year it was
made
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1884
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Number of Jewels
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15
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| Serial
Number |
1,485,550 |
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Elgin Watch Collection should have one 18! Every Elgin Collection
should have one "signature watch" (this one is a Wheeler.
I would like to have a Veritas or something else...but...well, you know
how that goes). Every Elgin Collection should have one watch that
was made in the 19th century. So, even through I prefer the
"fancy dial watches" I grabbed this one. It doesn't run,
but I have been waiting for a "windfall" before I take it to
Schockey's to have it looked at. |
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My Wheeler is a Big Star! |
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| I recently
played "Mr. Brownlow", the kindly benefactor in
"Oliver" for the Actor's Studio Theatre Group. In one
scene, I had to display a picture of my deceased daughter. They
offered to get me a pocket watch to do it with. I said "Nothing
Doing! Nothing but the GENUINE article for me!" So,
the Wheeler got a couple of weeks out of the Jewelry Box!
Truth be told, that watch wasn't
strictly "period". It wouldn't have been made for another
34 years from when that scene took place!
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