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Waltham 1926 Vanguard 23j Union Station MO Wind Indicator Railroad Pocket Watch
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Description Condition: Pre-owned: An item that has been used or worn previously. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition Brand: Waltham Model: 1908 Material: Gold Base MPN: Vanguard Closure: Open Face Serial Number: 25402731 Features: 12-hour Dial, Arabic Numerals Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding Age: Antique (pre 1920) Country Made: USA Case Material: Gold Base
Grade: Vanguard SERVICED AND IN GREAT RUNNING CONDITION !!!!! THIS VANGUARD 23j WIND INDICATOR MOVEMENT IS RUNNING AND KEEPING TIME. LEVER SET. THIS IS A FINE RAILROAD GRADE PART OF HISTORY. THIS IS A OFFICIAL ISSUED J.H. MACE COMPANY UNION STATION KC MO #262 RAILROAD ISSUED TIME KEEPER WATCH!! THIS IS A ONE OF A KIND ITEM AND THE ONLY ONE WITH A 262 ISSUE NUMBER. ALSO INCLUDES ALL ITEMS IN THE PICTURE, A ORIGINAL HALL BROTHERS 1923 UNION STATION KC MO POST CARD. ORIGINAL AND VERY RARE 1930's KC UNION STAION & LIBERTY MEMORIAL WATCH FOB!! ALL PAPERWORK FROM THE SOUTHERN KANSAS CITY RAILWAY COMPANY & APPROVED RAILROAD WATCHS INCLUDED. THE DIAL HAS FEW HAIRLINES AND IS VERY NICE FOR ITS AGE. THE DEFIANCE WATCH CASE IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME SLIGHT WEAR. THE GLASS CRYSTAL IS IN NICE CONDITION. THIS IS IN SUPER NICE CONDITION AND A GREAT PIECE OF WORKING HISTORY. A RARE FIND IN THIS GREAT CONDITION!!!!In 1927, Santa Fe management determined that time had come when the much larger number of employees would have to be required to carry certified standard watches. This action resulted, in the establishment of a new an additional time service organization. As the use of certified watches was no longer confined to those employees operating the trains, and a much larger number of employees would have to be required to carry certified standard watches. The new branch became known as the Road and Station Time Service Department, and was headed by an Assistant General Watch Inspector and looked after agents, operators, towermen, roadmasters, section formen, water service formen, division linemen, and all employees using gasoline motor cars and having anything to do with train movement, signals, and inspection rules were included. An additional 4,485 standard watches were added to this time service department, bringing the total to 14,630.Santa Fe Railway Approved Watches — February 1, 1929 (All 16 size) Rule 2. The regulation watch designated as standard, is described as follows: "16 size, American, lever-setting, 19 jewels or more, open face, winding at "12", double roller escapement, steel escape wheel, adjusted to 5 positions, temperature and isochronism, which will rate within a variation not exceeding more than 6 seconds in 72 hour tests, pendant up, dial up, and dial down, and to be regulated within a variation not exceeding 30 seconds per week".The following listed makes and grades meet the requirements and comprise a complete list of watches accepted:American Waltham Watch Co. 23J Premier Maximus 23J Riverside Maximus 23J Vanguard 6 position winding indicator 23J Vanguard 6 position 21J Crescent Street 21J No. 645 19J Vanguard 19J Riverside
History as told by Wikipedia In 1850, at , David Davis, Edward Howard, and formed the company that would later become the Waltham Watch Company. Their revolutionary business plan was to manufacture the movement parts of watches so precisely that they would become fully interchangeable. Based upon the experience of earlier failed trials, Howard and Dennison eventually perfected and patented their precision watch making machines, creating what has been called the . American Horologe Company (Warren Manufacturing Company)[] The original name of the company, which began operations in 1851, is unclear. Some sources say that it name was the "American Company" However, in 1886, Dennison stated that the first company name was the Warren Manufacturing Company, named for , a famous soldier of the War of Independence. The word "watch" was specifically omitted to retain secrecy of the novel operation. In 1851, production began in a new factory building. In late 1852, the first watches were complete. The first 17 watches, which ran for 8 days, and were marked "Howard, Davis & Dennison", were distributed among company officials. Number 1, given to Howard, is now at the . Numbers 18 to 100 were named "Warren, Boston" and the following 800 "Samuel Curtis", after the financial backer of the company. A few, marked "Fellows & Schell", sold for $40. January 1853 saw the introduction of the "P.S. Bartlett" watch, named for Patten Sargeant Bartlett, an early employee.. Boston Watch Company[] In September 1853 the company was renamed the Boston Watch Company. A new factory was built in , on the banks of the , which was subsequently greatly expanded. In October 1854 the company moved into the new factory. These buildings of the factory were added to the in 1989. The next movements manufactured (1001-5000) were marked "Dennison, Howard, & Davis", "P.S.Bartlett", and "C.T. Parker". The company had financial difficulties and Howard left to form Appleton Tracy & Company[] Upon bankruptcy, the company was sold at auction to , who reorganized it under the new name Appleton Tracy & Company (ATCo) in May 1857. The next movements produced, Serial numbers 5001 to 14,000, were used in the watch, the first pocket watch produced in America of standard parts. The "C.T. Parker" was introduced as the 1857 model. 399 units were made. Also 598 chronometers were manufactured. American Watch Company[] In January 1859 the Waltham Improvement Company merged with Appleton, Tracy & Company, forming the American Watch Company (AWCo). In 1861, as the country entered the , production stopped. The company decided to downsize to the lowest possible level to keep the factory open, which was successful. After the Civil War, the company became the main supplier of to various in North America and more than fifty other countries. In 1876, the company showed off the first automatic screw making machinery and obtained the first Gold Medal in a watch precision contest at the Philadelphia. American Waltham Watch Company[] In 1885 the company name changed to the American Waltham Watch Company (AWWCo). Under this name, the company would produce some of the finest examples of pocket watches ever created. Magazine advertisement from 1913. Waltham Watch Company[] In 1907 the company name changed to Waltham Watch Co. (WWCo), in 1923 briefly to the Waltham Watch and Clock Company and finally in 1925 to the Waltham Watch Company (WWC).[ – ] Waltham model 1899 pocketwatch movement. Two high-quality groups of watches were produced by the company for orders placed by the . One large group has the shield and beaver emblem of the Railway engraved on the movements, and is known as the "CPR" type. The second group has "Canadian Railway Time Service" engraved on the movements, and is known as the "CRTS" type. They are both highly prized by collectors. Serial numbers[] Waltham model 1899 pocket watch face Every watch that the company produced was engraved with an individual . That number can be used to estimate the date of production. Volunteers have created a database of Waltham serial numbers, models and grades, and descriptions of observed watches. Waltham Precision Instruments Company[] The company closed its factory doors and declared bankruptcy in 1949, although the factory briefly reopened a few times, primarily to finish and case existing watch inventory for sale. Several different plans were presented to restart the business, but all failed for various reasons. In 1958, the company got out of the consumer watch business completely, and reorganized into the . All remaining watch inventory had been sold to the the previous year, and rights to the "Waltham" trademark were sold to a new Waltham Watch Company incorporated in Delaware in exchange for stock. Specialized clocks and for use in aircraft control panels continued to be made in the Waltham factory by the Waltham Precision Instruments Company until the company was sold in 1994. The company is now based in , as the . Waltham International SA Switzerland[] Before the Waltham Watch Company went out of business in 1957, it founded a subsidiary in in 1954, . Waltham International SA retains the right to the Waltham trade name outside of North America, and continues to produce mechanical wrist watches and mechanical pocket watches under the "Waltham" brand. Hallmark Watch Company[] During their restructuring efforts in the 1950s, Waltham opened an office in New York for the purposes of importing Swiss watch movements and cases. Due to restrictions placed on the company by its main creditor, the , they could not sell these watches directly, so they were sold through an independent company, the . Waltham Watch Company (Delaware)[] The Waltham Watch Company (later known as Waltham of Chicago) was founded by one of the executives of the Hallmark Watch Company to carry on the Waltham trade name in the watch business. In exchange for rights to the name, existing Waltham Watch Company (Mass) shareholders received 1 share of the new company for every 5 shares of the original company. In 1959, the Waltham Watch Company merged with the Hallmark Watch Company, giving the new company access to replacement parts to service existing Waltham watch owners. Notwithstanding their efforts to present a seamless transition, the company came under much scrutiny by the throughout the 1960s, and ultimately was forced to change their advertising and branding policies to clearly indicate that they weren't directly related to the original Waltham company, and that their products were not made in America. represents the continuity of the Waltham legend in the modern times. It manufactures and distributes Waltham watches in the higher end of the luxury watch market. After a period when the sales has been concentrated in the Japanese market, since 2011 the majority of the company has been taken by the American entrepreneur Antonio DiBenedetto with the aim to give new birth to the Waltham brand. Historic Waltham watches[] Abraham Lincoln's Watch[] Upon giving the in 1863, was presented with a William Ellery, key wind watch, serial number 67613. This watch is now in the collection of the at the in . Waltham speedometer in a Ford[] The 1937 Ford sedans had Waltham speedometers, reputedly the only speedometer in a Ford to display the name of its manufacturers. A testor at the time was quoted as saying that accuracy had to be "plus or minus 10 MPH". Waltham Watch and the race to the moon[] In early 1962, (MIT) engineers began work on the navigation system. The engineers' starting point was MIT's revolutionary guidance system, which included gyroscopes and instruments for measuring changes in direction. The guidance system was high mechanical technology, like the precision parts in a watch. MIT. engineers, students and staff, led by Dr. , worked closely with the Waltham Watch Company. The MIT team learned how to work with high precision machining while under the operation and direction of military contractor Space and Information Systems Division Waltham Operations. Mechanical gyroscopes, spinning with ever-higher precision, very low friction and very low wear required the manufacturing and assembly to have the utmost accuracy and to be free of even the most minute defect. These gyroscopes were like putting together the most precise watch you can imagine. Nobody had ever tried to manufacture precision instruments that would work with such accuracy before the Waltham team. It is said that the hygiene and cleanliness rules of the team were so strict that women were not allowed to wear makeup and if someone had just come back from a sunny vacation, they were forbidden to work near the assembly area for fear that they could have skin flaking off from their suntans. Waltham watch on the moon[] In 1996, astronaut , commander of the mission in 1971, stated that he wore a Waltham watch on his third lunar EVA when his standard chronograph became damaged. In 2014, he confessed that he had made a mistake - "it was a Bulova,
Description
| Condition: | Pre-owned: An item that has been used or worn previously. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition | Brand: | Waltham |
| Model: | 1908 | Material: | Gold Base |
| MPN: | Vanguard | Closure: | Open Face |
| Serial Number: | 25402731 | Features: | 12-hour Dial, Arabic Numerals |
| Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States | Movement: | Mechanical: Hand-winding |
| Age: | Antique (pre 1920) | Country Made: | USA |
| Case Material: | Gold Base |
Grade: Vanguard SERVICED AND IN GREAT RUNNING CONDITION !!!!! THIS VANGUARD 23j WIND INDICATOR MOVEMENT IS RUNNING AND KEEPING TIME. LEVER SET. THIS IS A FINE RAILROAD GRADE PART OF HISTORY. THIS IS A OFFICIAL ISSUED J.H. MACE COMPANY UNION STATION KC MO #262 RAILROAD ISSUED TIME KEEPER WATCH!! THIS IS A ONE OF A KIND ITEM AND THE ONLY ONE WITH A 262 ISSUE NUMBER. ALSO INCLUDES ALL ITEMS IN THE PICTURE, A ORIGINAL HALL BROTHERS 1923 UNION STATION KC MO POST CARD. ORIGINAL AND VERY RARE 1930's KC UNION STAION & LIBERTY MEMORIAL WATCH FOB!! ALL PAPERWORK FROM THE SOUTHERN KANSAS CITY RAILWAY COMPANY & APPROVED RAILROAD WATCHS INCLUDED. THE DIAL HAS FEW HAIRLINES AND IS VERY NICE FOR ITS AGE. THE DEFIANCE WATCH CASE IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME SLIGHT WEAR. THE GLASS CRYSTAL IS IN NICE CONDITION. THIS IS IN SUPER NICE CONDITION AND A GREAT PIECE OF WORKING HISTORY. A RARE FIND IN THIS GREAT CONDITION!!!!In 1927, Santa Fe management determined that time had come when the much larger number of employees would have to be required to carry certified standard watches. This action resulted, in the establishment of a new an additional time service organization. As the use of certified watches was no longer confined to those employees operating the trains, and a much larger number of employees would have to be required to carry certified standard watches. The new branch became known as the Road and Station Time Service Department, and was headed by an Assistant General Watch Inspector and looked after agents, operators, towermen, roadmasters, section formen, water service formen, division linemen, and all employees using gasoline motor cars and having anything to do with train movement, signals, and inspection rules were included. An additional 4,485 standard watches were added to this time service department, bringing the total to 14,630.Santa Fe Railway Approved Watches — February 1, 1929 (All 16 size) Rule 2. The regulation watch designated as standard, is described as follows: "16 size, American, lever-setting, 19 jewels or more, open face, winding at "12", double roller escapement, steel escape wheel, adjusted to 5 positions, temperature and isochronism, which will rate within a variation not exceeding more than 6 seconds in 72 hour tests, pendant up, dial up, and dial down, and to be regulated within a variation not exceeding 30 seconds per week".The following listed makes and grades meet the requirements and comprise a complete list of watches accepted:
History as told by Wikipedia In 1850, at , David Davis, Edward Howard, and formed the company that would later become the Waltham Watch Company. Their revolutionary business plan was to manufacture the movement parts of watches so precisely that they would become fully interchangeable. Based upon the experience of earlier failed trials, Howard and Dennison eventually perfected and patented their precision watch making machines, creating what has been called the . American Horologe Company (Warren Manufacturing Company)[] The original name of the company, which began operations in 1851, is unclear. Some sources say that it name was the "American Company" However, in 1886, Dennison stated that the first company name was the Warren Manufacturing Company, named for , a famous soldier of the War of Independence. The word "watch" was specifically omitted to retain secrecy of the novel operation. In 1851, production began in a new factory building. In late 1852, the first watches were complete. The first 17 watches, which ran for 8 days, and were marked "Howard, Davis & Dennison", were distributed among company officials. Number 1, given to Howard, is now at the . Numbers 18 to 100 were named "Warren, Boston" and the following 800 "Samuel Curtis", after the financial backer of the company. A few, marked "Fellows & Schell", sold for $40. January 1853 saw the introduction of the "P.S. Bartlett" watch, named for Patten Sargeant Bartlett, an early employee.. Boston Watch Company[] In September 1853 the company was renamed the Boston Watch Company. A new factory was built in , on the banks of the , which was subsequently greatly expanded. In October 1854 the company moved into the new factory. These buildings of the factory were added to the in 1989. The next movements manufactured (1001-5000) were marked "Dennison, Howard, & Davis", "P.S.Bartlett", and "C.T. Parker". The company had financial difficulties and Howard left to form Appleton Tracy & Company[] Upon bankruptcy, the company was sold at auction to , who reorganized it under the new name Appleton Tracy & Company (ATCo) in May 1857. The next movements produced, Serial numbers 5001 to 14,000, were used in the watch, the first pocket watch produced in America of standard parts. The "C.T. Parker" was introduced as the 1857 model. 399 units were made. Also 598 chronometers were manufactured. American Watch Company[] In January 1859 the Waltham Improvement Company merged with Appleton, Tracy & Company, forming the American Watch Company (AWCo). In 1861, as the country entered the , production stopped. The company decided to downsize to the lowest possible level to keep the factory open, which was successful. After the Civil War, the company became the main supplier of to various in North America and more than fifty other countries. In 1876, the company showed off the first automatic screw making machinery and obtained the first Gold Medal in a watch precision contest at the Philadelphia. American Waltham Watch Company[] In 1885 the company name changed to the American Waltham Watch Company (AWWCo). Under this name, the company would produce some of the finest examples of pocket watches ever created. Magazine advertisement from 1913. Waltham Watch Company[] In 1907 the company name changed to Waltham Watch Co. (WWCo), in 1923 briefly to the Waltham Watch and Clock Company and finally in 1925 to the Waltham Watch Company (WWC).[ – ] Waltham model 1899 pocketwatch movement. Two high-quality groups of watches were produced by the company for orders placed by the . One large group has the shield and beaver emblem of the Railway engraved on the movements, and is known as the "CPR" type. The second group has "Canadian Railway Time Service" engraved on the movements, and is known as the "CRTS" type. They are both highly prized by collectors. Serial numbers[] Waltham model 1899 pocket watch face Every watch that the company produced was engraved with an individual . That number can be used to estimate the date of production. Volunteers have created a database of Waltham serial numbers, models and grades, and descriptions of observed watches. Waltham Precision Instruments Company[] The company closed its factory doors and declared bankruptcy in 1949, although the factory briefly reopened a few times, primarily to finish and case existing watch inventory for sale. Several different plans were presented to restart the business, but all failed for various reasons. In 1958, the company got out of the consumer watch business completely, and reorganized into the . All remaining watch inventory had been sold to the the previous year, and rights to the "Waltham" trademark were sold to a new Waltham Watch Company incorporated in Delaware in exchange for stock. Specialized clocks and for use in aircraft control panels continued to be made in the Waltham factory by the Waltham Precision Instruments Company until the company was sold in 1994. The company is now based in , as the . Waltham International SA Switzerland[] Before the Waltham Watch Company went out of business in 1957, it founded a subsidiary in in 1954, . Waltham International SA retains the right to the Waltham trade name outside of North America, and continues to produce mechanical wrist watches and mechanical pocket watches under the "Waltham" brand. Hallmark Watch Company[] During their restructuring efforts in the 1950s, Waltham opened an office in New York for the purposes of importing Swiss watch movements and cases. Due to restrictions placed on the company by its main creditor, the , they could not sell these watches directly, so they were sold through an independent company, the . Waltham Watch Company (Delaware)[] The Waltham Watch Company (later known as Waltham of Chicago) was founded by one of the executives of the Hallmark Watch Company to carry on the Waltham trade name in the watch business. In exchange for rights to the name, existing Waltham Watch Company (Mass) shareholders received 1 share of the new company for every 5 shares of the original company. In 1959, the Waltham Watch Company merged with the Hallmark Watch Company, giving the new company access to replacement parts to service existing Waltham watch owners. Notwithstanding their efforts to present a seamless transition, the company came under much scrutiny by the throughout the 1960s, and ultimately was forced to change their advertising and branding policies to clearly indicate that they weren't directly related to the original Waltham company, and that their products were not made in America. represents the continuity of the Waltham legend in the modern times. It manufactures and distributes Waltham watches in the higher end of the luxury watch market. After a period when the sales has been concentrated in the Japanese market, since 2011 the majority of the company has been taken by the American entrepreneur Antonio DiBenedetto with the aim to give new birth to the Waltham brand. Historic Waltham watches[] Abraham Lincoln's Watch[] Upon giving the in 1863, was presented with a William Ellery, key wind watch, serial number 67613. This watch is now in the collection of the at the in . Waltham speedometer in a Ford[] The 1937 Ford sedans had Waltham speedometers, reputedly the only speedometer in a Ford to display the name of its manufacturers. A testor at the time was quoted as saying that accuracy had to be "plus or minus 10 MPH". Waltham Watch and the race to the moon[] In early 1962, (MIT) engineers began work on the navigation system. The engineers' starting point was MIT's revolutionary guidance system, which included gyroscopes and instruments for measuring changes in direction. The guidance system was high mechanical technology, like the precision parts in a watch. MIT. engineers, students and staff, led by Dr. , worked closely with the Waltham Watch Company. The MIT team learned how to work with high precision machining while under the operation and direction of military contractor Space and Information Systems Division Waltham Operations. Mechanical gyroscopes, spinning with ever-higher precision, very low friction and very low wear required the manufacturing and assembly to have the utmost accuracy and to be free of even the most minute defect. These gyroscopes were like putting together the most precise watch you can imagine. Nobody had ever tried to manufacture precision instruments that would work with such accuracy before the Waltham team. It is said that the hygiene and cleanliness rules of the team were so strict that women were not allowed to wear makeup and if someone had just come back from a sunny vacation, they were forbidden to work near the assembly area for fear that they could have skin flaking off from their suntans. Waltham watch on the moon[] In 1996, astronaut , commander of the mission in 1971, stated that he wore a Waltham watch on his third lunar EVA when his standard chronograph became damaged. In 2014, he confessed that he had made a mistake - "it was a Bulova,
| American Waltham Watch Co. | 23J Premier Maximus 23J Riverside Maximus 23J Vanguard 6 position winding indicator 23J Vanguard 6 position 21J Crescent Street 21J No. 645 19J Vanguard 19J Riverside |