{"id":3283,"date":"2014-07-06T06:17:56","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T06:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grumpyguyinc.com\/?p=3283"},"modified":"2018-05-27T00:20:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T00:20:18","slug":"lord-elgin-1956-direct-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grumpyguyinc.com\/?p=3283","title":{"rendered":"Lord Elgin 1956 Direct Read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I finally won a Direct Read on eBay within my budget. \u00a0To my surprise, that case isn&#8217;t brassed and just has a few scratches here and there.<\/p>\n<p>It used the 21 jewel 719 movement, has a 14K gold filled case, and has an inscription dating it to 1956.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption 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