Railroad grade pocket watch, grade watches
Record status
Individual type · research required
Lever-Set Model: The lever-setting mechanism was a safety feature of higher grade watches, especially those used for railroad service. It prevents the watch from accidentally being set to the incorrect time. On this watch, you open the front bezel and pull a tiny lever in order to put the watch in setting mode. On a lever-set watch, pulling out the crown (the winding button) doesn't do anything. Documented from an openly licensed real-object photograph on Wikimedia Commons; only the details stated by that source are recorded here. Remaining specifications are marked research required rather than estimated.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Gold, Silver (as described on the source photograph page)
Technical characteristics
- Escapement
- Lever escapement
Design
- Case type
- Railroad grade
Identification
- Grade
- watches
- Model
- the
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Production date not documented by the source photograph; requires a manufacturer record or serial-number reference.
- Maker not stated on the source photograph page; requires a signed movement or case examination.
- Jewel count and calibre not documented.
- Serial-number dating, case dimensions and weight remain untranscribed.
- No catalogue reference number is asserted; standard horological catalogues have not been transcribed for this specimen.