Back in the day the vast western prairie and north of Canada were known as the Northwest Territories until Saskatchewan and Alberta became provinces in 1905.
Elgin Grade 250 #9086033 18s 17j made in 1899, as acquired, eBay photo.
Posts: 2093 | Location: British Columbia in Canada | Registered: March 02, 2011
As to survivors, many Private Labels were produced one time in a lot of 10 and since these are so close that could mean they are the only ones left. Pure speculation of course and we see this company went in for them. Thanks for inserting the movement numbers to help in future research, remember a google-search will turn up these watches.
Has anyone looked into the history of the retail jeweler?
Very few records survive today, but try we must!
Lindell
Posts: 10553 | Location: Northeastern Ohio in the USA | Registered: November 19, 2002
Yes, thank you, Lorne, for posting the watch and the history behind it. I am a big fan of these private labels and have a couple from here in Arkansas and a couple more from my native Texas. Have been looking, without success so far, for one from my hometown of Fort Worth.
Posts: 129 | Location: Fort Worth, Texas in the USA | Registered: April 17, 2015
Lorne, great private label watch, Thanks for sharing, I'm also a fan of private label watches and always on the lookout for Western Pennsylvania watches, especially Kittanning Pa., where I was born, I've seen one, an Illinois keywind.
Posts: 1012 | Location: Western Pennsylvania in the USA | Registered: February 17, 2007
