Does anyone know what year American railroads stopped requiring watches for train crews? Thanks for the help with this.

Stinger

Did they ever stop?

John, I don't know when they stop using the pocket watches. The first railroad wrist watch as the 214 Bulova Accutron. [In 1962]

[Accutron History]

In the late 50's and working for a small railroad, Pocket Watches outnumbered wristwatches 20-30:1. The only wristwatches I ever saw were the Accutrons. At that time we still had commuter trains and passenger trains so we had to be aware of their presence on the main lines.