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Is this a Swiss fake? It has three pinned dial feet, and the serial number would put it about 1874, but there is nothing even close to this in the book for an Elgin movement.

 
Posts: 353 | Location: Nichols, New York in the USA | Registered: April 04, 2010
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Other side

 
Posts: 353 | Location: Nichols, New York in the USA | Registered: April 04, 2010
IHC Member 1291
Picture of Buster Beck
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Here's what it are;

Yours is an Elgin Private Label for "Kennedy & Co."

Grade: 59
Movement Serial Number: 420271
Estimated Production Year: 1875
Run Quantity: 300
Size: 17s
Jewels: 7j
Movement Configuration: Hunting
Movement Finish: Gilt
Model: 1
Movement Setting: Key
Plate: Full Plate
Barrel: Going
Adjusted: No
Railroad Grade: No
Two year Production: 1875-1877
Total Produced: 45,000

regards,
bb
 
Posts: 6376 | Location: Texas in the USA | Registered: July 27, 2009
IHC Member 1650
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Yep, there is a photo of a Kennedy & Co. example on page 184 of the 2011 "big book".
 
Posts: 382 | Location: Illinois in the USA | Registered: November 17, 2011
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Thanks for the info bb, very helpfull. I just gave away my 2011 book and was looking at the 2012 book.
 
Posts: 353 | Location: Nichols, New York in the USA | Registered: April 04, 2010
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