Movement record · United States
Elgin Veritas
Partially verifiedHigh-grade railroad movement
Technical specifications
- Diameter
- 16 and 18 size
- Height
- Not recorded in the sources consulted
- Jewels
- 21 to 23 depending on grade
- Frequency
- 18,000 vph (2.5 Hz)
- Power reserve
- Approx. 40 hours
- Winding
- Stem wind
- Setting
- Lever set
- Escapement
- Swiss lever
- Balance
- Compensation balance with micrometric regulation
- Complications
- Subsidiary seconds
Identification features
- 'Veritas' grade marking
- Gold jewel settings and fine damascening on higher grades
Known variants
- Father Time and B. W. Raymond relations
Servicing notes
Cleaning, lubrication, mainspring and pivot work belong with a qualified watchmaker working from calibre-specific documentation. Conserve original parts: replacing a worn component with a modern substitute changes the object, and refinishing plates or dials destroys evidence.
General guidance only. Antique movements should be serviced by a qualified watchmaker.
Historical significance
One of Elgin's top railroad grades, showing how American factories used grade names rather than model numbers to signal quality.
Related photographs
No confidently matched photograph of this subject has been found yet. These photographs show a closely related record, and are not examples of the type described on this page.
Sources & references
- de Carle, D., Watch and Clock Encyclopedia
- Period trade material catalogues and calibre reference compilations (edition-dependent)
- Published manufacturer technical documentation where available
Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.