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Watch Let's see your earliest Hampdens

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There was a large carry over from the New York Watch Co. Springfield, Mass, so when Hampden started producing watches there was a mix of the old and the new.

Greg Frauenhoff had a nice list at one time on AOL, but it was lost in the changeover.

The reference in the Price Guide of 59,000 as a start is not correct.

This is a Rail-Way Number 57879. They later changed this to Railway and had some Lawsuits about the name so Hamilton went with Railway Special to stay out of court'

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