I was fixing a 7 jewel Elgin watch marked "SUN DIAL" on the movement and dial. This type of watch was covered here before. A nickle movement w/uncut solid balance. A sort of cheapo, though it is in a coin silver case.

There was one odd note about the watch. The balance pivots are much larger than other 18 sized Elgins I have worked on. The Sun Dial pivots were about .18, while other Elgin 18 size staff pivots I measured came out to slightly less than .14 Rather a pain for replacing the lower balance jewel. All of my mounted Elgin jewels were made for narrow balance pivots. So,I had to open the old setting and fit it with an unmounted jewel of the correct size. Now the watch works.

Best regards,
Greg

Hello Greg some of the old Elgins have big pivots i have a few staffs that are .018 pivots wish i had know sonner i could have sent you one...

Thank you, I'll keep that in mind for the next one.