Just bought this last week on eBay. I tried to find info on this jeweler/watchmaker to see if his first name was "Bruce," but no luck. Tom, do you have any reference material that covers Carberry, Manitoba?

Here is a shot of the Dueber Hampden movement. I really like the blue screws (unfortunately, they don't show up well in this photo).

When I got the watch, I found that the Silverode case would not allow the setting lever to be pulled out. I went to my inventory of cases and found a nice one that provided the required clearance for the lever. This one also has a nice thick William White crystal. Overall a pretty nice piece that fits well with the theme of my collection.

Nice Canadian private-label Bruce here some history of Carberry I found on Wikipedia

Carberry, Manitoba a town of 1500 people is 31 miles east of Brandon a divisional point on the Canadian Pacific Railway. As is the case with most towns in the southern districts of Western Canada, the present town of Carberry owes its origin mainly to the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1882 the CPR established a station at De Winton, a now defunct townsite about 2 miles east of Carberry's present site. At the time several CPR officials covertly purchased much of De Winton townsite property, hoping for large personal profits as the new town grew around the train station. This kind of speculation was strictly against the CPR's company rules, and on discussing the violation, the rail company decided to use 100 specially hired men to physically move the train station to the present site of the town of Carberry. The extensive end secret operation was conducted in the middle of the night and was completed in less than 12 hours. When the station reached its new location the town of Carberry was born. Carberry grew quickly into a prosperous town and was an important stop along the Canadian Pacific Railway and the CPR mainline still runs through there today.

Wow, Larry! That is really cool. So, it sounds like my watch may have had some railway use on the Canadian Pacific Railroad. Great stuff

Way to go, Bruce. Even if the "B" stands for bone head you don't have to tell anyone. I think it is a great find.

I am sure Tom B. will come up with the guys name. Even if it's "Bubba" I'll still love the watch

Here is a shot of the new case.

This is the marking of the new case. I figured with the watch being from the north, it would be cool with the case also having a northern origin.

Bruce,

Not too bad!

William

Yeah, especially that killer crystal!!!

Ahem!! Bruce........ we ain't quite that far north.

Bud
South Central Ontario, Canada

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This is the marking of the new case. I figured with the watch being from the north, it would be cool with the case also having a northern origin.

Yeah, I checked for Carberry on MapQuest and found it wasn't too far north of North Dakota. I am so bad with geography I didn't even know where Manitoba was

Hello Bruce:

Here is a postcard view of the CPR station at Carberry, Manitoba. The CPR subdivision between Brandon and Winnipeg, Manitoba is still called to this day the Carberry Subdivision

Larry

Wow, Larry, thanks for the great photo! Hope you don't mind, but I downloaded it so I can keep it with the record sheet on the watch. That roof line is really something...almost looks Japanese