Jack Dempseys' Elgin Corsican

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Yves-

·Sep 26, 2020

Elgin Corsican fascinate me, especially this one. When wristwatches we're deemed to be for women, America was producing these amazing watches. This watch is advertised as having slight oxidation on the movement ( or should I say 'grade'?) which is a pity. Apparantly the 450 cal. is not that complicated to work on, or so I read. That is interesting to me obviously...
I love the idea of owning a watch with a quality movement like the Hamilton 922, unfortunately here in Europe they seem to be very scarce these 'high-end' American watches. Therefore I am posting this watch here.
If you have a Corsican or you know of one somewhere or you just know about them please share any info, thank you.

 

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pIoNeErOfThEnILe

·Sep 26, 2020

jack dempsey, the orthodontist?

 

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Professor

·Sep 26, 2020

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Elgin-Cors...170466?hash=item2cdc650ae2:g:z4wAAOSwuAVWzjtv
Also presented by Dempsey to a friend, much nicer condition but twice the price.

 

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blufinz52

·Sep 26, 2020·Hears dead people, not watch rotors.

pIoNeErOfThEnILe

jack dempsey, the orthodontist?

He would have taken care of your teeth quite easily.

 

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pIoNeErOfThEnILe

·Sep 26, 2020

blufinz52

He would have taken care of your teeth quite easily.

 

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blufinz52

·Sep 26, 2020·Hears dead people, not watch rotors.

 

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Evitzee

·Sep 26, 2020

blufinz52

Always interesting to see old pics like these, almost all the men wore a white shirt, a tie and hat. And now.......

 

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michael22

·Sep 26, 2020

Evitzee

Always interesting to see old pics like these, almost all the men wore a white shirt, a tie and hat. And now.......

Well done, I didn't even look at the background. My first thought: bit of a size mismatch.

 

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pIoNeErOfThEnILe

·Sep 26, 2020

blufinz52

dude on the bottom right was bobby boucher's dad

 

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blufinz52

·Sep 26, 2020·Hears dead people, not watch rotors.

michael22

Well done, I didn't even look at the background. My first thought: bit of a size mismatch.

Dempsey, 6'1", 190 lbs, took on world champ Jess Willard, 6'6", 245 and knocked him down 7 times in the 1st round. Willard failed to come out for the 4th round.

 

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Waltesefalcon

·Sep 27, 2020

When I was a kid we lived only a few miles from Manassa and remember my dad taking me to see the cabin he was born in and telling me about him on the drive.

 

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TexOmega

·Sep 27, 2020

"The Manassa Mauler"