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I attended the show midday Saturday. I found it very enjoyable looking and learning. There was some rather optimistic pricing but on the whole...
Last week I spent time west and north of Chicago near Elgin. I thought it would be interesting to bring my Elgin B W Raymond to the site of the...
Judging by the lack of response no one else has seen an Ill trolley watch adv. I suspect that they can be considered private labels.
Ilinois sold a number of pocket watches marked Electric Railway (or Railroad) in various ways. I have seen several Hamilton advertisements for...
Were they matched with specially finished movements?
Highly unlikely it is Dan Patch as he was a Standard Bred Pacer and usually shown in harness with a two wheeled cart called a sulky. Nice watch...
Just in case you ever wondered where the engineer of a fast passenger diesel put his Hamilton 992b or Elgin BW Raymond watch, I have attached a...
Have the design specifications for the lever survived? I imagine they could be reproduced.
If it is marked "Swiss" it is not a fake. It is interesting in its own right and should be preserved.
I remember seeing in a Canadian Pacific Railway magazine an article on watch inspection. It would have been about 1967 to 1970.
That is correct. A few years ago I toured the original Pioneer Zephyr on display in Chicago. I do appreciate the info on the case`s connection...
Interesting that the Waltham Vangard sold for less than the Elgin B W Raymond ($43.95 vs $60).