Picked this one up from Canada, I haven't clean it or anything yet.

This is with the bezel off.

The movement is a 19 jewel Crescent Street made about 1903

It is cased in a yellow gold filled Fortune case.

The watch belonged to a Clarence Ebenezer Bedford, in 1911 he was living in South York Ontario Canada & was listed as a Engineer for the Railroad. He was born on October 9, 1878 in Ontario Canada & had a twin brother Lawrence.

Clarence married twice with his 1st marriage ending in less than a year with his wife's death.

He was a member of the Brother Hood of Locomotive Fireman & Enginemen for over 40 years & was a member of lodge 262.

40 Year pin.

Back of pin.

Hi Tom
Did you get those badges or pins together with the watch? If that´s the case, I´d say it´s fantastic. I won´t ask how you found out about the persons history, because although I´ve only been here for a short while, I know that that´s what you do best.
Regards
Krister

Hi Krister

Yes, I bought the watch & pins together. I got the information on him from Canadian birth, marriage & census records.

Tom

Tom,
That is the most functional dial have see on a watch as yet.
The numbers stand right out with the hands leading you right to the numbers. Very easy to read.
Show us a pic of the watch when you get it cleaned up.

Great dial, Tom. Looks like someone lost their mind trying to get one of the case screws out .

Hi,

I would if you have any information on the dial?
Bob

Thanks for the comments, I don;lt know what the dial was called, before I bought it I searched here & found where Larry Buchan posted a watch with the same dial;
https://ihc185.infopop.cc/eve/f...701044703#3701044703
It is about 3/4 down on the page.

Tom

Hello Tom:

Nice pocket watch and dial, I've seen 12 hour variations of this style called the "Railroader" on other Walthams, Santa Fe's if my memory serves me correctly.

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Lodge 262 was chartered in Toronto, Ontario as the "Queen City Lodge" and represented locomotive engineers on the Canadian Pacific Railway

Larry

Hi Larry

Thanks for the information, the owners family said he was supposedly very involved with the lodge but I hadn't tried to research that yet. Now I know where it was.

I think this is my 1st Canadian RR watch. I am not that familiar with Canadian RR's, be living in South York, Ontario is there a certain railroad he would have worked for their?

Tom

Hello Tom:

I found the following on Wikipedia York Township was incorporated by Canada West in 1850 (Canada West later became Ontario in 1867 due to the Confederation. York was part of the Federation of 12 suburban municipalities that join Toronto in 1954 for Metropolitan Toronto.

I have a lot of directories for Lodge officers of the B of LF&E, I will look through them and see if I can find anything on Clarence Bedford between 1904 and 1944.

Larry

Thank you Larry.

Tom

Great Canadian watch Tom. With the provenance and the unique dial, you have a something of historical value. This is what makes our fine hobby interesting.

John III