I have a friend who lives in Canada and he showed me his Grandfather's watch. It is a 15 jewel, Swiss, HC pocket watch. I could not find a photo in the fat book that is identical. Closest was probably Rolex. I'll defer to the experts.

As you can see it is a private label.

Dial matches and in good shape.

Last photo. Any help is welcome.

omega/regina

Thanks Peter. Where did you find that info?

seen it before Im not 100% sure but looks like omega
google omega/regina and look at the regulator

It is a Zenith from around 1920 - 1925. See example below.
Regards Krister.

Thanks to Krister and Peter. it does indeed look like a Zenith. He will now know what he has. Must be a good watch as his story is as follows. Hid Grandfather dropped the watch in the snow and couldn't find it. A horse stepped on (or very near) the snow covered watch and dented it pretty badly. Later they recovered the watch and had it repaired.

It needs a service now. Are there any tricky parts to worry about?

No, I don't think so. They usually are straight forward. Like most Swiss watches however, this one has a detent stem. Easy to forget. That's about all I guess.

Regards, Krister.

Mike I seem to remember that Zenith made 16 size 21 jewel pocket watches that were approved for the Canadian roads in the early 50's. I believe they were possibly used on a few American roads but perhaps someone else has more knowledge of Zenith? I do not do much with European watches but your watch is nice looking and I like the micro regulator.

Gentlemen, as a matter if interest the 2013 Price Guide, Pg 24 says a Zenith 16 size, 21j Extra RR56 is an approved watch on the Canadian Pacific Rail system in 1957.

Regards
Rick

Thanks for your comments. Of course this one is a 15 jewel, but I thought the quality looked to be very good. My friend who owns the watch is appreciative of the information he has received on it.

That is a nice looking P/L Zenith, anybody notice the elaborate click-spring, wraps halfway around the ratchet wheel.They look like a well built watch.

Here is a photo of the dial on my Zenith RR-56

The case is the Canadian equivalent to the Hamilton Railroad Model case No. 7 as you can see on my Hamilton 950E with the Canadian dial and 24 hour hands.

A view of the dial with the bezel removed

A close-up of the dial

The Zenith movement

Movement Close up-1

Movement Close-Up-2

Zenith RR-56 case back

Inside view of Zenith RR-56 case back

Interesting case trademark marked on top with FORTUNE with a tree underneath it and 10K GOLD FILLED MADE IN CANADA and STURDY that were used by the AWC Co. of Toronto. This case has ZENITH with a *

Here is another Zenith Canadian private label with Dingwall on its double sunk Arabic 24-hour dial.

The movement is marked "Prima DR Dingwall LTD, Winnipeg" David R Dingwall was a prominent CPR watch inspector in Winnipeg. This 19 jewel, Adjusted to 5 positions would be approved for railway service.