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Using pocketwatchdatabase.com It is pretty easy to cross reference parts for Elgin watches. Are parts interchangeable between different watchmakers? (IE: Elgin - Waltham , Elgin - Illinois, Waltham - Illinois Etc). Would this manual help?  "Swigart Illustrated Manual of American Watch Movements".  

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American pocket watch companies primarily made all of their components themselves. This means that as far as I know nothing interchanges with other companies. Even their screws they made themselves the thread sizes are all different.

 

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American pocket watch companies primarily made all of their components themselves. This means that as far as I know nothing interchanges with other companies. Even their screws they made themselves the thread sizes are all different.
 

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On ‎16‎/‎03‎/‎2017 at 1:24 AM, adiorio110 said:

Hi

Using pocketwatchdatabase.com It is pretty easy to cross reference parts for Elgin watches. Are parts interchangeable between different watchmakers? (IE: Elgin - Waltham , Elgin - Illinois, Waltham - Illinois Etc). Would this manual help?  "Swigart Illustrated Manual of American Watch Movements".  

 Anthony

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