Picked up a really nice Elgin De Luxe with hooded lugs. The bezel and lugs are in great shape with no visible brassing. The back case has pitting, but still shines.<\/p>\n
The dial looks great with just a bit speckled dirt that I can’t see until I take off my glasses and hold it a few inches from my eyes. I put on a new GS crystal and flat real alligator band (so as to fit under the lugs) from Kelaran.<\/p>\n
The case is 10k gold filled and it runs a 17 jewel 555. The movement database puts its production date at 1946 and the lack of a case number would confirm that date. I’ve seen this watch with the case # 5710, which would mean it was in production in the early 50s when Elgin began naming their watches.<\/p>\n\n\t\t