Elgin Day-Date skin diver c.1972
Elgin Day-Date skin diver c.1972
Another day, another 1970’s diver-style watch.
While Elgin as a U.S. manufacturer was over with, and national operations closing up, the early-to-mid 1970’s still saw the brand bring forth some well-built and nicely styled sport watches. This example is a case in point.
A 35mm skin diver with compressor style caseback, hidden lugs, and nicely contrasting colorful dial—this one checks a lot of boxes. It has an A. Schild 1906-based motor that sports 21.6k beats per hour and black/white day & date wheels, respectively. While ‘boxy’ in shape, the total thickness comes in under 14mm—with neither length nor width exceeding right at 40mm—so it brings a lot of the funk with virtually no chunk!
Maybe best of all, the black, yellow (wonderfully aged mustard lume), and red color combo is one you don’t get to see all that often; this one is bound to be ready for someones watch box who enjoys subtle accent coloring in a watch that has that sport/field feel written all over it.
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Case: Nice condition case with few flaws and starburst brushing still intact. Completely disassembled and ultrasonically cleaned. New caseback seal installed.
Dial: Super condition. Not going to find much to complain about at all!
Hands: Original lume and in very good condition.
Movement: Great condition, running extremely strong and keeping nice time
Movement: Elgin 996 (AS 1906), 17 jewels, 21,600 bph
Case: Signed stainless steel
Powered: Mechanical - Automatic
Case Width: 35 mm (37.5mm incl. crown)
Case Length: 40.1 mm
Lug Width: 20mm
Thickness: 13.4mm
Crystal: Domed diver acrylic
Crown: Signed, non-screw down
Band: New tropic Sport-style reproduction
Boxes: None
Function - This watch is wound automatically by the natural motion of your arm. It is recommended to wind the crown 10-15 times to typically give an initial power reserve to last throughout the day.
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