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A Brief History of the American Railroad Pocket Watch
THE DISASTER THAT CHANGED TIME:
| On April 19, 1891, a great train disaster occurred that would forever change railroad timekeeping. On the tracks, not far from Cleveland, the scheduled No. 4 was traveling East on the same track as another train that was heading West. Two trains collided, eleven people died. It was found that the cause was a Railroad engineers faulty timepiece. Unfortunately the engineer’s pocket watch on the westbound train had stopped for about 4 minutes, and then started up again. The two trains met their fate at Kipton, Ohio. Both of the engineers were instantly killed, and nine other people lost their lives. The loss to the Rail line and the Postal Service was great. |
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| Following this disaster, a commission was appointed to establish and develop the General Railroad Timepiece Standards. These standards were adopted in 1893 and the Railroad Pocket Watch industry was born. Every Railroad watch produced is a technological marvel, each designed with pure function and unmatched accuracy in mind. The bold black Arabic numerals set on pristine white porcelain set the standard for the distinguished railroad time-piece while numerous safety features were incorporated displaying the ingenuity to which they were designed. Webb C. Ball was instrumental is establishing the design guidelines and set the method of watch inspections that all railroad watches had to follow. Watches with the ball name are some of the most desired watches produced. |
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| The accepted general guide lines (approximately 1930s) for a certified Rail Road watches included: The pocket watch had to be a 16 size, open face, lever set, stem wound model. The watch movement had to have a minimum of 19 Jewels, Double roller, at least five positions, temperature and isochronism. The approved watches would be accurate to within 30 seconds per week. Remember that railroad approved rules evolved and changed from year to year and that some of the earlier watches having fewer jewels or adjustments are to be considered genuine Rail Road watches. |
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