60s LORD ELGIN USA 30J Self-Winding Vintage Gents Watch 4LLVempressissi is pleased to offer a sought after American made wrist watch for men with an experimental 760 full rotor and slim automatic caliber. One objection to Swiss self winding watches of the time was that they were often too thick, largely because the design stacked the automatic portion on top of the movement. Elgin's solution to this was to move the self winding mechanism down the same level as the time portion. To accomplish this, they moved
The watch houses the popular 10AE caliber
This Hamilton watch measures 28mm side to side (excluding crown) and 38mm from top lug to bottom lug and is in a relatively large size for vintage standards
5mm side to side (excluding crown) and 28mm from top lug to bottom lug
It is cased in a GRUEN original 14K solid gold case model 440-499 in rose tone and comes with a mint crystal and good crown
This gorgeous pendant watch measures 26mm side to side (excluding crown)
The watch is all original and in excellent condition
The dial is a pie pan style appears to have been professionally restored in the past and has a sharp correct print - elegant Roman numerals and applied solid gold markers over pearl tone surface
The dial is a factory original with the original set of hands
The dial was professionally restored in the correct brushed silver tone here in our atelier and it has the correct single tone 'checkers' grid
Attached to this watch is a brand new SP quality genuine leather band in semi padded black tone
running well on 17 jewels and adjusted to three positions with sweep seconds
The dial is factory original and features simulated white enamel finish with 12 pearled index dots and the original set of hands/discs
