ELGIN DuraPower Wristwatch Cal. 752 ADJ’D 19 Jewels U.S.A Made Watch

ELGIN WATCH Co. "Elgin was founded in 1864, right as the civil war was coming to an end. The first watch Elgin made, an 18 sized B W Raymond railroad grade watch, was finished in 1867 and over the next 100 years, they went on to produce about 60 million watches. Elgin produced their first wristwatch around 1910, leading most other American watch companies by many years."ELGIN DuraPower U.S.A Made Wristwatch Another cool and pristine American timepiece, this is a vintage Elgin DuraPower wristwatch reference 4255 and dated from the late 1950s or early 1960s. It is a manual wind watch powered by an original Elgin movement caliber grade 752, 19 jewels, ADJ’D, durapower mainspring, U.S.A. made.It is cased in a 25.2mm rectangle case with fancy lug design, base metal bezel and stainless-steel back. Still the original champagne dial gold Arabic Numerals and hour marks, and gold matching hands. The dial is signed with the Elgin name, the DuraPower logo and 19 Jewels.It comes with a vintage IW C