May 13, 2009, 22:02
Johnny Kaszanek Jr.CANADIAN RAILROAD POCKET WATCHES

I have T.Eaton 24hr 21j made by GALLET ,HOWARD SER 0 23J CANADIAN 24 HR DIAL,WALTHAM 21J 645 CANADIAN 24HR,WALTHAM 21J 2 TIME ZONE,HAMILTON 992B 2 TIME ZONE,HOWARD NUM 4 17J CANADIAN 24HR DIAL.THE NUM4 IS 5POS USED BY Herbert Love Engineer for PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND RAILROAD IT HAS MONTGOMERY DIAL. I Beleive all thies watches could have been used on CANADIAN RAILROADS.Iknow their are experts on canadian rr watches out there.johnny
May 14, 2009, 00:29
David AbbeJohnny, that Howard #4 sound very interesting. Please show us some pictures.
Thak You
May 14, 2009, 06:09
Donald TrumbleWelcome Aboard Johnny,
Sounds like a nice collection of Canadian Railroad Watches.
Click this:
"Find-Or-Search for Canadian Railroad Watches" as a good beginning and additional information you might enjoy reading.
Don
May 14, 2009, 10:43
Johnny Kaszanek Jr.:dave the no4 howard canadian watch with 24hr dial is a 1909 3/4 plate 5pos 17j ser 982659 made in 1909.Howard made 2 typs one 3pos with a circilar DAMASKEENING,A 17j 5pos good for railroad service with checker DAMASKEENING.Howard didn't make it a series number.Canadian rules states the watch should have a series or number.Most canadian rr watches have a number.this model later on became a HOWARD SERIES 9 later on.the num 4 was only made we beleive 1909-1911.