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Elgin National Watch Co. A Rare and Historically Important Coin Silver Hunter Case Key Wound Pocket Watch

SIGNED NATIONAL WATCH COMPANY, CASE NO. 428'051, CIRCA 1910

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Elgin National Watch Co. A Rare and Historically Important Coin Silver Hunter Case Key Wound Pocket Watch
Signed National Watch Company, Case No. 428'051, Circa 1910
Full-plate gilt-finished mechanical jewelled movement , bimetallic compensation balance with gold timing screws, balance bridge engraved with Chinese sailboats and pagoda, plates engraved with Chinese for the number 4, cuvette, white enamel dial, signed Presented by National Watch Co. to The American Minister to China Hon. F. F. Low, Roman numerals, sunken subsidiary dial, blued steel hands, circular engine-turned case, engraved floral motif, dial signed, case signed National Coin and numbered
56mm diam.

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The official Elgin ledger starts with serial No. 101 with the first 100 watches apparently having been set aside as presentation pieces for important dignitaries. Frederick Ferdinand Low (1828-1894) served as an U.S. Representative in 1862 and as the Governor of California until 1867. In 1869 he accepted an appointment to be the United States Minister to China. He remained in this position with the title "Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary" until July of 1873.

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