After sinking to the bottom of Lake Michigan in 1860 — along with the steamship Lady Elgin — Herbert Ingram’s pocket watch is ...

The result was the "railroad-grade" pocket watch that featured ... is that original Elgin watches remain widely available from vintage dealers and galleries like ours. Their cost rarely exceeds ...

“So much attention is paid to mechanical wristwatches, but you can really get amazing amazing deals on mechanical pocket watches ... and Elgin and sent us off on a vintage search.

So what you have is you have a 14-karat gold scalloped edged multicolored diamond Elgin pocket watch. The serial number dates it to 1923; it was purchased in '24, so that coincides. The watch has ...

Vintage watches from each of the following brands present opportunities ... with most models selling for just a few hundred dollars. Elgin made lots of pocket watches (as many American watchmakers ...

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When the Lady Elgin sank on Lake Michigan in 1860, British journalist and politician Herbert Ingram was lost to the deep, but 165 years later his pocket watch has returned home. The steamship ...