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Z569. Elgin No. 349 Railroad Watch w/ GOLD Locomotive! Even if you aren't interested in buying, take a minute to see the pics of this watch! The movement is fully railroad grade, with 21 jewels, lever set, micrometer regulator, marked adjusted, and is grade No. 349 (marked). Note the high grade gold jewel settings, gold balance wheel screws, and fancy damasceening. Note also the excellent condition of the movement with only very minor handling marks. This watch has a double sunk dial as is correct for this grade movement. Dial is excellent with a single hairline in the outer chapter. Can you see it? No, because it is very subtle. It runs vertically through the "1" in "12". The crystal is extra thick, beveled edge, original glass, and does have a little "beauty mark" type fracture underneath at 1 as you can see. This is fracture, not a chip, and a minor blemish. Check out the rest of this 4 ounce Hercules case, which is swing out style. This a heavy dark patina on the heavy silver plate. A hand-engraved, gold locomotive is inlaid into the silver plate and has very little wear as you can see from the images. This watch is "as found", and although this case looks very correct for this movement, there is a single extra case screw mark on the swing ring, so maybe not. Regardless, this is a great case-dial-movement combination that would enhance almost any collection. $549 |
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Z568. Waltham Crescent Street Hunter Railroad Watch in Multi-colored Gold Filled Case! Wow, check this watch out! The movement is fully railroad grade at the time it was made in 1892, with 15 jewels, lever set, micrometer regulator, marked adjusted, and is marked "Crescent St." grade. Note the high grade gold jewel settings, gold balance wheel screws, and fancy damasceening. Note also the excellent condition of the movement. This watch has an excellent porcelain dial with fancy matching hands. Dial is excellent with no hairlines or chips. The case is Crescent Keystone gold filled. The case shows some wear but has no brass, and has multicolored gold applied to both sides! The cover opens to just a tad over 90 degrees, and closes and latches properly. The case has a couple tiny, tiny indentations that I mention only for the sake of completeness. This case is certainly the correct age for this watch, and may be original for the movement. I can see a hint of an extra screw mark, but it is so faint that I tend to think this is the original case. Nice piece! $495 |
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Z53. Waltham Canadian Railway Time Service Railroad Watch! This rare timepiece is from my personal collection. All of the Canadian Railway marked watches are scarce and highly collectible. Most are 18 size and marked Canadian Pacific Railway and have a beaver logo. This 16 size Waltham with the Canadian Railway Time Service marking is one of the very scarcest. I don't know the actual production number, but this watch is from a factory run of only 200, and I think the total number of these is well under 1,000. Okay, so what do we have here? This watch is 16 size (case diameter 51 mm), lever set, 17 jewels, adjusted 5 positions, and has fancy damascening with unusual pattern on the barrel and crown wheels. The movement is marked "Waltham, Mass, Made for Canadian Pacific Railway Time Service". Movement condition is excellent. This movement also has raised gold jewel settings, gold center wheel, and gold balance wheel screws. This fine old railroad has the original and classic "Canadian" style dial with the 13-24 hour numerals inside the standard 1-12 hour markers. The dial is excellent but not perfect. If you look very carefully, you will see a tiny chip missing from the very bottom of the seconds bit. The dial also has a very short hairline below the seconds bit. These minor blemishes don't begin to distract from the striking and very nice original dial. Canadian watches were typically housed in Canadian cases, I suppose to reduce tarrifs. This case looks identical to the American J. Boss Railroad Model, but is marked "DERBY roller plate STURDY Made in Canada". Case is excellent with very little wear, but there is a tiny bit of brass on the bow. Now, this movement, serial number 18038125, was made in about 1912, and this case style didn't show up until the mid-1920s, so I don't see how this could be anything except a Canadian replacement of the original case. Regardless, everything looks great and this is one fine rare watch! $1295 |