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Identify this Watch? "Big Four Special" "Click" to Login or Register 
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Anybody know who made this watch? It's 18s and both dial and plate are signed "Big Four Special."

 
Posts: 156 | Location: Columbus, Ohio in the USA | Registered: November 16, 2011
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Dial

 
Posts: 156 | Location: Columbus, Ohio in the USA | Registered: November 16, 2011
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I think a possible Swiss fake ?
 
Posts: 352 | Location: Southeast Michigan in the USA | Registered: March 22, 2012
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Swiss Fake. Red fake jewels, uncut balance and are the winding gears even meshing? Doesn't look like it from the picture.
 
Posts: 1078 | Location: Ticonderoga, New York USA | Registered: March 01, 2008
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Thanks guys. Just as I thought.

Around 1890-1900, "Big Four" was the nickname of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St Louis RR, a busy road through Ohio, Indiana and Illinois which was later absorbed by the New York Central, I believe.
 
Posts: 156 | Location: Columbus, Ohio in the USA | Registered: November 16, 2011
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"Big Four" also was the name of the group of tycoons who built the Central Pacific Railroad.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...al_Pacific_Railroad).
 
Posts: 1414 | Location: Pasadena, California USA | Registered: November 11, 2005
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Definitely a Swiss fake intended to resemble a Waltham 18s model 1892 Vanguard.
 
Posts: 653 | Location: St Paul, Minnesota in the USA | Registered: May 04, 2004
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This Swiss Fake is easy to spot. It has no click like some of the New York Standard both with fake winding wheels and this one has also copied Rockford's sunken balance design.

Harry
 
Posts: 3850 | Location: Georgia in the USA | Registered: September 22, 2011
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Waltham 18S 1892 model has sunken balance as well.
 
Posts: 653 | Location: St Paul, Minnesota in the USA | Registered: May 04, 2004
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