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More interesting information on the Elgin Electronics kindly supplied by John Runciman, FNAWCC
from Chapter 50 Puget Sound, NAWCC.
This literature (letters, booklets, articles) is rarer that the watches themselves!
In no particular order, first up are the pages from a Elgin Electronic waranty card / booklet that
was supplied with each watch; it is dated July 1962. The booklet, when unfolded, was 3 pages wide.
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An original Elgin W-1 battery from 1962, still in its packaging...sadly it has leaked,
so it's a liitle
difficult to see it. The last scan gives some information on Elgin's battery technology:
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The Elgin letter below highlights the close cooperation that existed between
Elgin and LIP in sharing technical knowledge while developing an electric
movement. The second scan is of Patent No. 3,224,184. filed on Oct. 14th, 1963
and shows a movement close
to the production Cal. 910 but still with a Cal. 725 style coil. It is intersting
to note that the author of the letter, Carl N. Challacombe, is also one of the listed
inventors on the Patent filing:
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