Introduction!
Hello and thank you for visiting! My name is Rick, 37 years old and from Pittsburgh, PA. Earlier American watches are my hobby and the reason for starting this blog! Earlier in the 2000's, my late great grandmother moved from her long time home. In this house a few old watches were found. I ended up with an old Elgin and it lived in a drawer for over a decade! In the mid 2010's I found myself with a good bit of time needing to be filled and out came the watch! It needed serviced, that much I knew. After receiving a rather shocking quote, it was decided that learning to do the work myself would be fun and rewarding. Then I wanted to learn all about the history of the watch. Then bought another watch... And another... Descending into watch collecting madness! Here is the culprit that started it all. An Elgin grade 240. 18 size, 19 jewels and marked B.W. Raymond. Nice double sunk dial with some hairli...