Wind indicators sorta fascinate me, because they came with a fuel gage for people who forgot to wind their watches.

With that in mind, I've been looking for one 16-size from the three American companies that made them: Elgin, Waltham, and Rockford. I've gotten every one of them from various 185 members, so I thought I'd show them off

My Elgin 5-pos 21j BW Raymond -

A nice, clean movement -

A Keystone case in great shape to house it -

My Waltham 5-pos 21j Crescent Street -

The unusually clean movement even has the original case screws -

And the Keystone cased-by-Waltham factory case -

And my Rockford 665 17j Indicator -

And another very clean movement -

A simple Keystone case -

Beautiful Watches I like the Rockford the best. Of coarse it is the most expensive. And hardest to find.

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! That is quite a collection of wind indicators that I know you are proud of. And the movements are just about flawless. Those plates just glow. And not a single half head screw to be found!

Eric,

Beautiful watches and skillful photography. A stunning combination.

Thanks for sharing,


John

Eric,
Thanks for sharing the pictures of your 3 wind indicators. The condition of the watches appears to be outstanding. Great pictures and great watches.
Tony

Thank You Eric

Spectacular collection for sure

regards,
bb

Very nice, not only did you get all three, but you found excellent examples of each. Thank you for showing them.

EU,
Worthy watches all - to say the least! Nothing presents a classic watch like a minty, polished, gold case! I imagine we'll be seeing these on the IHC auction pages sometime next year, huh? Keep your powder dry...
Mike

Eric,

Beautiful examples.....well done and the photos are great too.

Steve

All three are very nice looking watches. I was lucky enough to get an Elgin 506 WI off of ebay at a decent price, mine is in a mainliner style JBoss case while in great condtion looks spartan compared to yours. I would have to give it a toss-up between the BWR (case eye candy) and the Rockford (movement eye candy). Rockford designers must have worked overtime to dream up the DMK effects they put on their better movments.

Great collection of wind indicators! Really makes you appreciate how vast this hobby goes.

I too have 3 indicators, but alas, mine are all Waltham! Great collection and super photos. Thanks for sharing them with us. I collect 16s RR grade specifically and hope to include all up and down models someday.

Good going Eric, three stunning examples. Wonderful photography too.