Rare Elgin “Doctor‘s Model 1117” Streamline Moderne design doctor’s wristwatch in two-tone 14K white and yellow gold fill, circa 1934.

The earliest model of Elgin’s rectangular doctor’s watch, this watch was offered in a two-tone case for one year only, 1934. It was priced at $35.00. Starting about 1935, the watch was offered in yellow only, and eventually renamed the “William Osler” in honor of the famed Canadian physician who was instrumental in the growth of The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. This early version has a large rectangular seconds register unusually centered on the main dial in which seconds can be read by the means of the red-tipped hand, making it ideal for use by doctors to record pulsations. This example is in excellent condition with just a little brassing to the tips of the lugs. Caseback is excellent and unengraved, with a few light marks. Case measures 39mm long and 22mm wide. Original factory new old stock dial is perfect. Has new glass crystal. The watch is powered by its correct 7-jewel Elgin grade 514 manual wind movement, just serviced and running strong.

Price $550. SOLD