This grade 370 showed up about the same time as my 4th run 342 as I started taking pictures I noticed it is marked "Adjusted" with 5 positions in very small marking and not "Adjusted 5 positions" in the more typical location that is shown from my pendant set grade 370 (last picture)

That is a nice one Claude, and part of the reason it's adj. 5 pos. is that it is the 1st. 16s motor barrel, besides, it's a BW Raymond....

Nice find and thanks for showing it....

Regards,

Jerry

This is one that it appears that many people passed on it because the seller had lousy pictures so I took a chance ended up with it for $130. When I was first taking pictures I thought it was only marked "Adjusted" on the balance cock which is fairly common for Elgin to do but I had the pendant set 370 and from the others I have seen its markings are typical with the "Adjusted 5 Positions" on the main plate near the large wind wheel. On 2nd run that just showed up you almost have to get a loupe to see the "5 Positions" which is on the edge of the main plate between the small wind wheel and the balance cock in tiny lettering, if you stare hard at the picture I posted (first one) you can make it out. The case needed cleaning, I also pulled the dial and cleaned it and it turned out to be a nice watch. No brass that I can see on a very ornate B&B 20 yr cases.

'We' really do need an Elgin section like the Hamilton, Illinois and Hampden section. There are some nice examples showing up, and it looks like Claude has corraled quite a few himself!

Regards! Mark

Mark I agree, not just Elgins but all the brands, it might take a while but let people know how to format the picture (size) and upload the pictures under the proper section. As Jerry mentioned maybe even sub-sections (runs) so you might have a section Elgin > 16 size > 17 jewel > grade 342 > run 1, run 2, run 3, run 4, run 5 etc. If you get enough pictures with SN's then you can start to see where changes are taking place. I know some people hate posting pictures or serial numbers (don't understand why)and I need to improve on my watch photo taking techniques, but I figured people can see what the movements look like so if there are new people coming in then at least they can see some grades that might catch their eye and know what is probably correct/not correct for each grade. I think it would be a great addition to the site and maybe in the section post tips on how to get the best pictures (how to make a watch box for taking photos) etc.
There are some out there that would kick my watches to the curb, but I manage to get lucky from time to time.

Claude, speaking of photos, yours are just fine, all of us at times have some difficulty in getting our photos just the way we want them but here in our site is a great Forum for doing just that....here is the link... How To Photograph Your Watches and Clocks

There are many suggestions made here and are very worthwhile to spend some time looking it over....

Regards,

Jerry