Trivia
- Ginuwine, Real Name is Elgin Baylor Lumpkin
- Robert Johnson, pre-eminent Delta bluesman, sang "She’s got Elgin movements/ from her head down to her toes" in his 1936 recording of "Walkin' Blues".
- Elgin American, maker of watch cases and compacts, sponsored the original radio version of Groucho Marx's You Bet Your Life from October 1947 to January 1950. (The TV version started in October 1950.) Elgin American was a different company from Elgin National Watch Company (see Allen Gellman).
- NBA Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor was named after the Elgin National Watch Company.
- Daniel Beard's sketches of an angel at the end of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court are based on the Elgin National Watch Company's logo.
- The Steeleye Span album Bloody Men contains a track titled "Lord Elgin", which is superficially a standard love song, but in fact is about the Lord Elgin Watch.
- The watch company is referenced in the video game L.A. Noire, which takes place in post-World War II Los Angeles.
- R&B group The Temptations originally wanted to use the name "The Elgins" in honour of the company, Elgin watches being considered a status symbol. Another, later Motown group called The Elgins chose their name for the same reason.
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