1912 Elgin GF Pocket Watch - 7 Jewel, Model 6, Size 16s, South African Railway Pearl All Sets are in their

All Sets are in their original government cello and envelope

9995 fine platinum

#50 of 305

000 exist in any grade and only around 500 are believed remaining in Uncirculated condition

Three dates available

1912 Elgin GF Pocket Watch - 7 Jewel, Model 6, Size 16s, South African Railway Pearl All Sets are in theirThe real story here, outside of it being a fine 100yr+ old watch in good working order, is the travels this watch has taken. We can match this watch back to its original owner thanks to a blurb in a 1917 edition of the "South African Railways and Harbours" magazine (see attached photograph). This watch was gifted to W. S. Burger, almost certainly, when he started working at the railway. Manufactured in 1912, inscribed in 1913 and the owner written