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| Date/Report Number …..030114.WWIIELGTRENCH Item: 1941-1944 ELGIN TRENCH ART U.S. NAVY PACIFIC FLEET LEXINGTON | ||
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| Description of item: VINTAGE1941-1944 ELGIN TRENCH ART U.S. NAVY PACIFIC FLEET LEXINGTON CONDITION NEAR MINT.
.Estimated Retail Replacement Value $899.00 |
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** RADIUM 24HR DIAL
**REMOVED AND REPLACED
WITH
AF-SUPER LUMINOVA
VINTAGE
1941-1944
ELGIN
TRENCH ART
U.S. NAVY PACIFIC FLEET LEXINGTON
WITH
17 JEWEL
SUB-SECONDS
MANUAL WIND
ELGIN
MOVEMENT
WITH
ONE PIECE
STAINLESS STEEL
TRENCH STYLE CASE
&
ILLUMINATED
24 HR DIAL
33 X 41
W/O
CROWN
WITH
BALLISTIC OLIVE DRAB
NYLON STRAP
THIS BEAUTY IS RATHER UNUSUAL. FROM ITS ELGIN SIGNED SWISS AS 1130 GERMAN
ARMY STYLE MOVEMENT, TO ITS RATHER LARGE FOR 1940 33 X 41 SINGLE SYSTEM CASE –
WHICH MAY ALSO BE SWISS.NO MATTER ITS BIRTH, IT IS A LIVING EXAMPLE OF AN EXTREMELY
COOL TIME PIECE THAT LOOKS AND WEARS GREAT! THE TRENCH ART IS GENUINE.
AMERICAN MADE ELGIN DIAL
AS YOU WILL READ FURTHER DOWN
ORIGINAL ELGIN WWII DIAL STAMPS
WITH ALL FONTS AND DETAILS
MATCHING THAT OF THE ORIGINAL
HAD TO BE UTILIZED
BLACK OUTLINED NUMERALS
RAISED **RADIUM NUMERALS
[TRACES OF ANY REMAINING ORIGINAL RADIUM REMOVED]
REPLACED WITH **AF LUMINOVA NUMERALS
BLACK OUTER MINUTES CHAPTER
RED 24 HOUR CHAPTER
BLACK NUMBERED SECONDS REGISTER
ONE PIECE STEEL CASE
CHROME PLATE BEZEL
HAS FIXED WIRE LUGS
[NO CASE-BACK]
BEZEL HAS LOSS OF CHROME PLATE.
RATHER THAN RE-PLATE IT WAS KEPT AS IS
THE METAL WAS NEUTRALIZED
OF ALL AVERAGE WWII ERA MILITARY WATCHES
THIS CASE IS SUPER SIZED
33MM IS LARGE FOR WWII
THE STRAP IS AN G-18 NYLON NATO STYLE WITH KEEPERS
THE SORIGINAL DIAL WAS SALT WATER DAMAGED
AN EXPERT HAND WAS REQUIRED
ALONG WITH THE NECESSARY TOOLS
TO RESTORE PROFFESSIONALLY
BEFORE THE RESTORATION OF
RADIUM NUMERALS
MARKERS AND CHAPTERS
VERY LITTLE REMAINED AS FAR FULL VISUAL
ONLY 30% OF THE FEATURES WERE
VIEWABLE IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER
WHAT WAS VISIBLE
24HR WAS RED WITH NUMBERS 16 17 & 18 VISIBLE
OUTLINED MARKERS WERE GREY/LIGHT-BLACK
WE KNEW NUMERALS WERE RAISED RADIUM
OUTER CHAPTER RING HAD 10 LINES
SUB-SECONDS REGISTER WAS 75% GONE
THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE REGISTER
WAS VISIBLE WITH THE
– 18 –
OF THE 24 HR CHAPTER
SET UNDER SUB-SEC HOLE
ONLY ORIGINAL WWII ELGIN MILITARY DIAL STAMPS
MATCHING SIZE STYLE FONTS AND PLACEMENTS PERFECTLY
WERE SUCCESSFULLY UTILIZED.
AFTER TESTING AND MATCHING STAMPS TO DAMAGED DIAL
THOUGH SOME IMPERFECTIONS REMAIN,
95% OF THE SALT WATER DAMAGED WAS REPAIRED
AND THE DIAL PAINTED IN ELGIN MATT WHITE
THEN THE STAMPING OF FONTS, MARKERS, SUB-DIAL
AND HAND PAINTING WHERE REQUIRED
WERE ACCOMPLISHED IN A SPECIFIC ORDER
THE 24 HOUR CHAPTER STAMP, WHICH IS THE HARDEST TO MATCH
WAS PERFECT WHEN PRESSED. THE 16 17 AND 18 LINED UP
PERFECTLY WITH BOTH FONT STYLE AND POSITION,
INCLUDING THE 18 BELOW THE CENTER OF SUB-SECONDS REGISTER
NUMERAL AND HAND RE-ILLUMINATION FOLLOWED
NOTE THE CROWN WAS ONCE PLATED
THE CASE
IT IS OUR THOUGHTS THAT THE CASE
IS SWISS MADE. IT IS HOW YOU SEE IT ABOVE,
A SINGLE PIECE WITH LOCKING CRYSTAL BEZEL
THOUGH TRENCH ART IS FAMILIAR IN IT’S UNUSUAL, WEIRD, SOPHISTICATED AND/OR SIMPLE WORKS, IT IS FREQUENTLY DISCOVERED
CASES WITH ITEMS SUCH AS BADGES ARE ALSO DISCOVERED
BUT, AS 40.000 PICS ON LINE SHOW, ONLY APP 5% OF CERTAIN PERIODS HAVE CASES SIGNED, MARKED OR WORKED,
INCLUDING THE ADDING OF BADGES. S
O REMEMBER THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE GENUINE AND RARE.
SIGNED
U.S.N.
1941
THE RED ON THE CASE IS PAINT
WE ARE NOT SURE IF THE CASE WAS PAINTED RED
WHEN CLEANING WE REMOVED MOST OF IT
U.S.N.
1941
ON THE RIM IT IS INSCRIBED
PACIFIC LEXINGTON FLEET
LEXINGTON
NO CASE BACK
33+ MM W/O CROWN
41 MM LUG TO LUG
AWESOME
A REAL LOOKER
THIS MOVEMENT,SIGNED BY ELGIN, BEGAN ITS LIFE AS A SWISS EBAUCHE OR… COMPLETE MOVEMENT.
THUS THE ORIGINAL DATE MAY HAVE BEEN 1937, 1938, 1940 OR 1941.
WITH THE SWISS CASE, DIAL AND MOVEMENT, THIS WATCH COULD HAVE MADE BY OE FOR ELGIN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A SWISS COMPANY FOR BRITAIN.
OUR DATING OF THE WATCH AS 1941 RESTS WITH THE TRENCH ART ENGRAVING ON THE CASE.
NOTE THIS MOVEMENT HAS NO INCABLOC, SO WE KNOW IT IS AN EARLY VERSION. ADDITIONALLY, IT LOOKS TO BE A MOVEMENT SIMILAR TO THE WORK HORSE AS 1130.
THE SO CALLED GERMAN ARMY MOVEMENT.
A SWISS MOVEMENT USED IN MANY SWISS MADE GERMAN MILITARY WATCHES [BELOW].
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Wehrmachtswerk
(army movement)
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