Retailer 1890 Elgin Antique Pocket Watch

Product Name: Retailer 1890 Elgin Antique Pocket Watch
he case is a Faye's Monarch. That's a brass case covered in a thin layer of gold. The watch is an Elgin grade 96 and model 4. It's a 7 jewel watch. the jewels are all in the balance and pallet. 2 on top of the pivot 2 on the bottom. 2 jewels on the pallet fork which engages the escape wheel and 1 impulse jewel on the balance to make the fork move. It's a hunting watch which means it's meant to be in a case with a lid that opens like it is there, Winding at 3 o'clock. There were 566,000 of the same grade made. In that run (before they changed to a different configuration) 4000 were made It was made in 1890. It's a lever set meaning that at 5 o'clock there is a lever that when you pull it out it allows you to set the time with the crown. Pendant set would be more "traditional" where you pull the crown up to retailer set the time.