Hi all. My name's Clinton, new to the group and wanted to introduce myself and say hi. I joined to the group to, #1 Learn and #2 Find/share info in my collection efforts.

Which leads me to my first question. I picked up a nice Waltham 845 the other day with a 12hr dial. Now to my understanding these were primarily made for RR use. So, at what point did the RR's mandate a 24hr dial ? Or was this just the CPR ?

Thanks in advance for any insights you can share.

Welcome to the group Clinton. First most Canadian watches used privately AND for RR use in the eastern provinces were generally 24 hour dialed watches. As Canada standardized their time zones before us, (because they didn't have to wait for all the states to agree) Good 24 Hr dialed RR watches became even more inportant for Canadianh long run schedules which had many service stops and unscheduled events where they did not want to get hit from behind, such as in a blizzard (for example).

David,
As always, your ingenuity always amazes me.

Ed

David,
Thank you so much for the background information. The more things like this that I learn the less my watches seem like objects, and the more like pieces of "living" history. (the ones that are running anyway

Clinton

P.S. The picture of the locomotive is great. I assume that those would be passengers helping to clear the track. Imagine Delta asking the passengers to disembark to help clear the runway! It was a different time. My 2yr old son loves trains and it was a big hit with him too.

Thanks again David

Clinton

Hopw about the worlds first smoke - free Passenger car! (Invented in California of course!)