1912 Elgin GF Pocket Watch - 7 Jewel, Model 6, Size 16s, South African Railway 6C Weight (g) 33

Weight (g) 33

1893-S $20 Liberty Double Eagle Gold Coin - PCGS MS 61 - Brilliant Uncirculated

Reverse: Value and date within wreath

Elected 1776 to Continental Congress from Connecticut

There are only one or two duplicate rounds in this set

1912 Elgin GF Pocket Watch - 7 Jewel, Model 6, Size 16s, South African Railway 6C Weight (g) 33The 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