Written by GoldSmithWatchWorks Sunday, 19 June 2011 15:47

READY TO WEAR
RESTORED & OVERHAULED

1938-1942

ELGIN

US MILITARY ORDER

15 JEWEL

WRIST WATCH

QUAD CASED

STEEL SCREW BACK

HEAVY WRAP AROUND

INTERNAL

ANTI-MAGNETIC

&

DUST SHIELD

WITH

TAN SAND DESERT G-18 NATO STYLE

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COMPLETELY OVERHAULED
CASE WAS COPPER & NICKEL PLATED
ORIGINAL ALL RADIUM HANDS
[COVERED WITH LUMINOL TO SEAL OLD
RADIUM & RESTORE LUME BRIGHTNESS]

RELUMED NUMBERS
NEW MAIN SPRING
NEW BALANCE STAFF

LARGE MILITARY CROWN
SEATED OVER LARGE MILITARY CROWN TUBE

THOUGH WATCH HAS OLD AGE CHARM

IT IS PROTECTED WITH NEW RESTORATION

WNEW G-18 NATO STYLE
IN SAND COLOR COMPLETES THIS AWEOME
MILITARY WATCH

IN THIS PHOTO, THE ANGLE IS PERFECT ENABLING
YOU TO SEE A HINT OF THE SAND-BROWN COLOR
ORIGINAL FULL RADIUM HOUR HAND

AN AWESOME TIME PIECE

WOW NICE

CASE CAME OUT GREAT.
WE DID NOT WANT TO COMPLETELY
REMOVE ALL SCRATCHES ET AL
JUST ENOUGH TO REPLATE

EVERY ANGLE IS AWESOME

CROWN IS AWESOME

THIS ELGIN WAS CHOSEN
FIRST AMONG 5 THAT ROCK HAS
THE PARTS NEEDED TO RESTORE THEM
DUE TO THE RARE RADIUM FULL COATED
HANDS

[LIKE THE POCKET WATCHES ROCK HAS POSTED
WITH PICS FROM A MILITARY WATCH BOOK]

PIC ABOVE HAS FULL RADIUM HANDS
THIS TYPE OF FINISH IS THE SAME AS PICTURES FROM
A MAJOR MILITARY WATCH COLLECTING BOOK

THESE HANDS WERE MORE THAN LIKELY
UPDATED IN THE LATE 1930'S TO EARLY
FORTIES. ROCK SIMPLY COATED THEM WITH
LUMINOL TO PRESERVE THE LOOK
AND ADD NEW "LIGHT"

C

THIS OFFERS A LOOK-SEE AT SOME OF THE MILITARY
WATCHES WAITING TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE

ROCK KNOWS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE
AND WHAT PARTS GO WITH WHAT WATCHES

HERE THE ROCK IS ASSEMBLING THIS ELGIN

LOOK AT ALL THE PARTS
ALL THOSE WATCHES ARE ALL BEING WORKED
ON AT ONE TIME & AT ALL TIMES
AS PARTS COME IN ROCK COMPLETES THEM
NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO MOVE ANYTHING
LOL

LIGHTED VISERS
LED LIGHTS AT THAT!

CASE DIAL MOVEMENT CASE BACK
CROWN INSTALLED
SETTING UP HANDS

HANDS INSTALLED
CRYSTAL BEING SET

BAM BAM BAM
CRYSTAL UV CEMENT IS BEING CURED
EVEN SNAP AND PRESSED CRYSTALS
ENJOY EXTRA SEALING WITH UV CEMENT
NOTICE THE RE-LUMED HANDS AND NUMBERS

OUTER CASE WAS LIGHLY BUFFED
THEN ELECTRO CLEANED
THEN A PLATE OF HEAVY COPPER
THEN A HEAVY PLATE OF NICKLE
THIS WAY IT STILL HASE ITS AGED CHARM
BUT THE FINISH IS AWESOME

HEAVY ANTI-MAGNETIC/DUST  INNER CASE
THIS FITS OVER MOVEMENT WHEN MOVEMENT IS CASED
THIS PIECE HAS LINE-UP PINS AND OTHER FEATURES TO
ENABLE IT TO FIT SECURELY INTO CASE BACK OVER MOVENMENT
THEN THE SCREW DOWN CASE BACK IS PLACE OVER THIS
AND SCREWS INTO CASE

MOVEMENT SITTING IN THE SHIELD

HERE ROCK PLACES ORIGINAL YELLOW "RUBBER" SEAL
OVER THE ANTI-MAG SHIELD
THEN SCREWS THE BACK ON

CASE BACK SCREWED DOWN

ELGIN 554

ELGIN 554
1942

Features
manual wind
sub second
Breguet hairspring

Data
8/0 size, Do= 23.7mm, Dm= 23.25mm
H= 3.9mm
15 jewels
f = 18000 A/h
power reserve 38h

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CONDITION WATCH:
EXCELLENT  -  RUNS EXCELLENT 
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