In order to change the time on these watches, you had to spin off the bezel and crystal, pull out a small lever from the edge of the dial, and then turn the crown to move the hands. Leversetting usually requires that the bezel be removed or opened and that a small settinglever be moved in order to place the watch in setting mode. Many of the major pocket watchmakers, including elgin, waltham, illinois and hamilton, began making railroad pocket watches that met the railroad specs. This is different than a pendant set watch where you pull the crown and stem to set the time.
Railroad pocket watches o gauge railroading on line forum. In fact, leversetting was a requirement of the general railroad timekeeping standards. Get the best deals on waltham lever open face antique pocket watches when you shop the largest online selection at. This tutorial will show you how to set the watch quick and easy. This was one of the most popular 16 size 21 jewel railroad watches. Rockford lever antique pocket watches for sale ebay. Get the best deal for hampden antique pocket watches from the. If you are new to collecting pocket watches my best advice is to take your time, even buying from me.
Much like the leverset movements, these pocket watches had a small pin or knob. From the creators of pocket planes comes pocket trains. Mega rare antique railroad 18s 21j rockford 918 pocket watch mint serviced. Nice looking pocket watch but you need to have it with you always other wise you need to set time before you leave but i like it great fir the price and nice. Unless a pocket watch is very rare small differences can make a big difference in price. Railroad grade lever set means you have to take the dial cover off and pull out a lever to set the time, so it couldnt be set wrong by accident. For years the complete guide to watches printed the existence of a 28jewel model 5, which would be the highest count of any american pocket watch produced during the railroad era, based on the observations of two of its authors and accompanied by a blackandwhite photo. Hamilton lever antique pocket watches with 21 jewels for. Free shipping when you pay by check or money order. These railroadgrade pocket watches, as they became colloquially known, had to meet. Most watches were put in timesetting mode by pulling the crown, or winding knob, away from the watch, then pushing the crown back towards the watch to return to winding modereferred to as pendant set. Set railroad watches remove bezel, pull lever out and turn crown to set hands.
The dispatcher not being properly reinitialised on reloading some saves has shop for railroad pocket watch on. Download this pocket watch antique vintage art nouveau for your android. Rare 1919 antique waltham 23 jewel vanguard railroad gold. The 992b is a lever set watch so you pull out a lever to set the time. The railroad industry produced a set of operating specifications for the watchmakers to follow. This illinois hunter case pocket watch was special for a railroad company.
In the early 20th century, it became mandatory for all pocket watches used for timekeeping on american and canadian railroads to make use of lever set movements. Heres the correct way to set the time on your lever set watch. Railroad grade pocket watches explained the vortic blog. This is a stem wind and lever set railroad pocket watch and across this gold filled case is 53mm. Chinnek, napanee, ont size 18, swing out case men pocket watch. Antique lever set railroad 14k gold filled double hunter case 17j pocket watch. The railroad approved pocket watch after 1894 was lever set and stem wound with at least 19 jewels, double roller. Vintage hamilton open face pocket watch, railroad grade, 21 jewels, lever set, circa 1929 14762070855. Goldbergs pocket watch collection railroad watches. Illinois bunn railroad grade and approved pocket watch. Hamilton 992b railroad pocket watch, hamilton railway special.
Lever set how to set the time on your railroad pocket watch a lot of pocket watches and all wrist watches are pendant set. Raymond sn k 696370 is in a classic teardrop model 3055 case. Waltham vanguard, 1908 model, 19 jewels, railraod grade, lever setting, adjusted 5 positions. How to set a railroad lever set pocket watch by the pocket. I recently took this to a professional watch repair shop, and it has been serviced. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The great looking 21 jewel adjusted railroad grade movement is a model 1892, class crescent st. We have an early second year production run of this high grade hunter case hamilton pocket watch. Buy waltham lever pocket watches and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. The railroad edition features a removable bezel to allow access to the lever system used to set the. The camlock function makes setting the time much easier than original railroad. Across this gold filled case is 53mm so it is a 16 size railroad stem wind and lever set.
Illinois railroad pocket watch yellow gold filled decorative case with lever set with. A lever actuator made it impossible to set the time via pulling the crown out. Assessing pocket watch problems shaun clarke nawcc san jacinto chapter 9. No personal information is collected on this site all credit purchases are redirected to paypal a secure site. The most prominent feature of 1900s railroad watches was their lever actuated setting mechanismscommonly referred to as leverset. How to set the time on a vintage lever set pocket watch. In the early 20th century, it became mandatory for all pocket watches used for timekeeping on american and canadian railroads to make use of leverset movements. The hamilton watch company named the different grades on an odd even basis. This is a problem if you try to wind your watch and you are on a moving train. The railroad edition of vortics american artisan series is a line of fully u.
The most prominent feature of 1900s railroad watches was their lever actuated setting mechanismscommonly referred to as lever set. Vintage imperial usa pocket knife locomotive train railroad steam download radio dispatcher sounds. For sale is an antique lever set railroad 14k gold pocket watch. The dial is enamel and double sunk with a few faint lines at the 6 position and 12 position, hard to. Pristine hamilton pocket watch railroad grade 941 lever. Antique pocket watch fine timepieces online auction. Another hamilton 992 railroad grade and approved pocket watch in a barovercrown railroad style gold filled case. The case is signed nawco, security, railroad model and it is 10k gold filled.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the new collectors guide to pocket watches. Hamilton 21 jewel pocket watch model 992 size 16 lever set stem wind yellow gold. Mandatory for all railroad watches after roughly 1908, this kind of pocket watch was set by opening the crystal and bezel and pulling out the settinglever most huntercases have levers accessible without removing the crystal or bezel, which was generally found at either the 10 or 2 oclock positions on openfaced watches, and at 5. Even after that, it was still used in really high precision spring. Accurate railroad watches allow trains to move safely.
Waltham lever open face antique pocket watches for sale ebay. The fusee was in common usein english watches from about 1720 up through as late as 1880 or so. It was made from 1903 through the mid 1930swhen it was replaced by the 992e and later the allnew 992b. Heres the correct way to set the time on your leverset watch.
Many people are fascinated by pocket watches, but are a bit intimidated by the thought of actually owning a miniaturized piece of complicated machinery made a hundred years ago or more. Mens vintage elgin national watch co lever set pocket watch 59mm. The case is engraved front, side, and back and monogrammed. The last american railroad pocket watch was the grade 992b sold by the hamilton watch co. How to set and wind a lever set pocket watch by the pocket watch guy. Many consider the hamilton pocket watch to be the finest railroad grade watch.
Just looking at cases with slots on the topright, the slots seem to be located anywhere from 12. Raymond 12k gold filled 16 size railroad pocket watch with lever set dial. The 992b and 950b measure up to this reputation as do many of the other hamilton grades. Collect parts to construct all the different train types from steamers to diesels, and complete daily events to unlock special trains beyond imagination. Walthamball official rr standard sn b 263497 in its stirrup bow case is also highly recognizable as a railroad watch. A pocket watch or pocketwatch is a watch that is made to be carried in a pocket, as opposed. Certain watches cannot be set by pulling out the crown and have a lever that needs to be pulled out for the watch to be set. I am looking at watch cases for lever set 16s watches and there seems to be quite a diversity in the location of the lever slot. Antique hampton champion pocket watch 18 size lever set sn. General railroad timepiece standards for railroad pocket. Buy products related to railroad pocket watch products and see what customers say about railroad pocket watch products on free delivery possible on eligible purchases. All aboard for railroad pocket watches the antiques almanac. The back of this case is with a mirror finish and it reads on the inside illinois watch case, elgin tivoli, the case serial number is 7,753,669. After the lever escapement was perfected, the english continued using.
Rare waltham 16s grade 645 railroad pocket watch 21j, 1224hr dial. You can see below that i pulled the level out near the 1 to show you this is now in time setting mode. While there had been discussions of timekeeping standards as early as 1853, when the superintendent of the boston and providence railroad instituted the first watch inspection program to determine whether the watches used were fit to be trusted or not, it is the 1893 general railroad timepiece standards that first defined and identified a true railroad pocket. Some of the technical specifications for railroad watches mandated that each watch have. Lever setting usually requires that the bezel be removed or opened and that a small setting lever be moved in order to place the watch in setting mode. Be lever set to set the time, the case had to be opened, lever pulled out to set the hands, to prevent an accidental change, rather than pendant set. Railroad grade pocket watches remained the only watches approved for railroad service until the late 1950s when. Railroad grade, 19j, adjusted to 5 position lever set. Whats the difference between a railroad grade watch and a railroad approved. Great savings free delivery collection on many items.
In fact, lever setting was a requirement of the general railroad timekeeping standards. On a pendant set watch you would pull the crown and then change the time. Manage and grow multiple railroads by hauling important cargo around the world. New listing hamilton 992 railroad pocket watch 16s, 21j, 20 yr gold filled case runs. Vortics new railroad edition watch is designed to accommodate the geometry and functions of railroad watches, primarily the leverset mechanism.
Antique and vintage fob watches, superb victorian gold fob pocket watch. Classic gp7 diesel locomotive ho scale atlas model. The railroad edition case features a 3piece design with an easily removable camlock bezel to access the lever. Railroad grade vintage mens elgin pocket watches in this section, you will find a nice selection of vintage railroadgrade elgin or the earlier national watch co. So the 940 would be the open face version and the 941 the same grade only in the hunter case. Get the best deals on hamilton lever antique pocket watches with 21 jewels when you shop the largest online selection at. Folks we have a very special offering for your consideration this beautiful hamilton pocket watch railroad grade 941 circa 1900. Masonic symbols at each chapter on the ceramic dial the masonic g under the 12 position. Perhaps the most prominent feature of 1900s railroad watches is their lever actuated setting mechanisms referred to as leverset.
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