I know this isn't a rare watch, but I've been looking for one in a factory stainless steel case for a while, landed this one and it got here today, thought I'd share a couple pics.

Dial, bezel off

Movement

Good lookin' watch.

Thanks Evan, I see lots of BWR watches for sale, but the stainless steel cases seem a little scarce.

Nice example Gary, your Stainless Steel cased Elgin 571 is not a common item. Note that yours is called a "571 C" because of the "9 Adjustments" marking. It is difficult to see the "B. W. Raymond" signature on your movement but it is there. See this topic "Elgin 571 A, B and C Variant Questions" for more information on these watches.

Don

Nice Gary,I had a BWR in a stainless Elgin case but sold it on this site a couple of yrs. ago.They seem to be scarce.
Regards
Roger

I have both the 571B and 992B in stainless cases and both are nice in excellent condition and I carry them since there is no fear of wear through. You see them from time to time but as others have said not very common.

I also have two Elgin 571(B)'s and a 992B (4th signature) all in their factory stainless steel cases.

All three are excellent timekeepers especially the Elgins, which can rival a quartz watch.

Now, only if Elgin had made a railroad standard pocket watch like the 571, but with their Durabalance balance wheel instead . . . that would have been cool . . .

Been looking for a Waltham Vanguard 1623 in a nickel silver case to complete my last generation, middle century, railroad standard 'big three' collection.

This one makes 3 571C watches for me, the other 2 are in gold filled cases, been looking for the 571A & B variants for a while also, the A seems the rarest. Also been looking for Waltham Crescent St.,hunter watches, size 16.

I ran across a 571C (9 adjustments)in the stainless case yesterday in a shop north of Boston. It runs and seems to be in generally good shape. Interesting watch, but I have no idea what is considered a fair price to offer.

Eric, Before you make an offer, check to make sure the winding stem and crown does not pull out of the watch.

This is a lever set watch, and sometimes someone in the past thinks the watch is stem set and has pulled on the crown to hard to try and set the watch. They break off a little retaining pin inside the watch and then the crown and stem will pull out of the watch. This is the weak area of these otherwise durable and very accurate watches.

The Elgin part to repair this problem is very scarce.

We don't discuss values in open forum, but we can in the closed 'pitfalls' forum. Ask about the value there and I'm sure you will get a response.

I sold this one in our For Sale Forum to a member a couple years ago when watches were a little higher than they are today.

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regards,
bb