What makes the Chicago 476 unique: Today, we’re thrilled to present this fashionable piece initially produced by the Elgin National Watch Company in 1926 — the Chicago 476. The watch sports an antique, white dial with vivid light-blue hour and minute hands, and the piece also features black, stylized numerals with 45-degree angle text-shadow outlines. We encased the pocket watch in our incredibly robust and bold Diamond Like Coating (DLC) case and paired it with a copper crown, making the piece even more stunning. The DLC case features a clear back, enabling you to view the watch’s intricate inner workings. The back of the watch features a 345-grade open-face movement with a ruby expansion balance wheel, Moseley regulator, and Breguet hairspring. Additionally, it boasts gold-plated gears powered by 17 ruby and sapphire jewels. To tie the piece together, we equipped the watch with our Cordovan Black leather watch strap, which pairs perfectly with our DLC case and the dial’s classic style. The Elgin National Watch company originally manufactured this piece in Elgin, Illinois, in 1926 — the same year that the groundbreaking American author Earnest Hemingway published his novel The Sun Also Rises. Although the work received mixed reviews at the time of its release, many Hemingway scholars and enthusiasts — including Hemingway biographer Jeffrey Meyers — consider it Hemingway’s best and most important novel.