This watch is Sold

Vintage Elgin USA movement from 1925

case:
Steel with Convex sapphire crystal front, diamond coated glass display back. Water Resistant to 50 meters (150 feet). Rpaige Logo crown. This is a one of a kind watch.

Dimensions:
44mm diameter, 14mm thick, 52 mm end to end. Water resistant to 50 meters.

Movement:
15 Jewel vintage Elgin USA pocket watch movement. Manufactured in 1925. Bimetallic balance wheel. Fancy regulator.

Dial:
Art for the Wrist!
Antique Sterling Silver “Niello” dial, die struck with hand engraving of an old European village: Farm scene with mountains and trees. With silver/black chapter ring with roman numeral. Black enamel cathedral style hands with white luminous tips.

Niello is a black mixture, usually of sulphur, copper, silver, and lead, used as an inlay on engraved or etched metal, especially silver. It is added as a powder or paste, then fired until it melts or at least softens, and flows or is pushed into the engraved lines in the metal. It hardens and blackens when cool, and the niello on the flat surface is polished off to show the filled lines in black, contrasting with the polished metal around it. The contrast of the black niello against the bright silver surface produces an attractive decorative effect.
Niello was used on a variety of objects over the ages, including sword hilts, chalices, plates, horns, adornment for horses, jewellery such as bracelets, rings, pendants, and small fittings such as strap-ends, buttons, belt buckles and especially on antique Pocket watch cases.

Weight:
Steel Case – 82.7 grams

Shown with a black genuine Crocodile strap, with blue stitching, handmade.

This watch is a one-off.

All Rpaige watches come with a one year warranty.

This watch is available at our Authorized retailer:
BEN GIOIELLI & Co.
Grand Canal Shoppes ~ Venetian Hotel.
3377 South Las Vegas Blvd. Suite 2330.
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Phone: 702.650.3377