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Brandt Railroad Watch Grade CCCR Canadian "Click" to Login or Register 
IHC Member 1954
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I just acquired a Brant railroad watch.on the movement it is signed Ls Brant+Frere.it is 23 jewels and adj 5 positions.the grade is cccr.serial is 2516471.it has the railroad dial with the name Brandt on it.it is in a well worn banner gold filled case,it runs excellent and the movement looks very good,the dial has a few cracks on the left side.the original case has a lot of brassing on the back from a lot of pocket use.i understand this was the official Canadian railroad chronometer and made around 1910.i understand it is actually an early omega.aparently this is very rare.can anyone tell me more about it and an aprox value
 
Posts: 203 | Location: British Columbia in Canada | Registered: May 11, 2014
Picture of Peter Kaszubski
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picture will be great help
but looks like you got yourself Swiss fake
 
Posts: 4395 | Location: Arizona in the USA | Registered: July 23, 2011
IHC Member 1954
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I tried to post a picture before and it doesn't work for me.i don't think this is a swiss fake and I don't know where you get that from.i did some more research and found some more info on it.it is listed in the books as an omega and numbers all look legit and everything else.i would bet you $100 it is the real thing.

Victor Kienas
posted November 23, 2014 23:41

I tried to post pictures but it says I exceed max size.if anyone knows how to post some pictures for me,let me know and i will email the pictures to them.thanks
 
Posts: 203 | Location: British Columbia in Canada | Registered: May 11, 2014
IHC Life Member
Picture of David Abbe
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Victor, page 239 of the "Gold Book" of named watches reports (cc below) two "Brandt Railroad watches of Swiss Manufacture which were accepted for use on the Canadian RR system. The 23 Jewel version should be what you were asking about. The values reported were "market" as of about 30 years ago. I am surprised at the low value for a 16 size lever set, 23 jewel 5 adj. railroad watch.

If (it is per the next posting and as it appears to be in writing) this is an Omega, 23J DDR. In a decent case and condition, the present value is at least US$600-1000.00. i.e. it is a collectible certainly worth keeping and restoring if possible.

Please e-mail the pictures to me at david@glopar.com and I will post them to help us all try to learn more about this piece.

Also, if you want a good free program for working on pictures and re-sizing them to post on IHC185 (<~100 KB), Google has a free program called Picasa. It is easy to learn and use for most things you wish to e-mail in a reasonable size and/or post on this site.

 
Posts: 6492 | Location: Southern California in the USA | Registered: July 19, 2007
IHC Life Member
Picture of David Abbe
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Another beautiful Canadian RR market Omega DDR discussed last year by us;

https://ihc185.infopop.cc/eve/f...013942187#4013942187

 
Posts: 6492 | Location: Southern California in the USA | Registered: July 19, 2007
Picture of Peter Kaszubski
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with out picture is hard to determine what you have
so please do not get offended by me saying that you have Swiss fake, if your watch is like the one on Daves picture them we deal with real RRG watch.
 
Posts: 4395 | Location: Arizona in the USA | Registered: July 23, 2011
IHC Member 1541
Picture of Lorne Wasylishen
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Victor, a belated welcome to IHC, where are you located in B.C.? I am in Smithers.

The best value I can give at this point is that a picture is worth a thousand words. Smile

P.535 of the 2014 Price Guide to Watches shows 23j, grade CCCR = RR grade, 15 GJS, GF OF …..$375 - 750 - 975

These are very nice watches. Attached is a cut from the P.W. Ellis Catalogue 1920 (P.27, Link in next post)

 
Posts: 2093 | Location: British Columbia in Canada | Registered: March 02, 2011
IHC Member 1541
Picture of Lorne Wasylishen
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This is a cut of the some of the cases made by P.W. Ellis, the Banner being one of them.

Link to the P.W. Ellis Catalogue

 
Posts: 2093 | Location: British Columbia in Canada | Registered: March 02, 2011
IHC Member 1541
Picture of Lorne Wasylishen
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And a link to Canadian Rail with a list of approved watches including the image below.

There is some info in this article that is a bit confusing to me so read it with some caution

 
Posts: 2093 | Location: British Columbia in Canada | Registered: March 02, 2011
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Victor,

Extremely large images cannot be viewed by those with slower internet connections or smaller screens. Due to those considerations and to avoid overloading storage capacity our system is set up to not accept poster size images.

>> Proper size: 640 X 480 Pixels
>> Resolution: approximately 72 Pixels/Inch



Click here: How to Photograph Your Watches and Clocks

In there you will find information about sizing your images and posting them on our site.


Click these other links:


HELP IN POSTING IMAGES FOR HOSTING ON OUR IHC185 DISCUSSION SITE


PICASA - EXCELLENT FREE IMAGE PROGRAM

Hope this helps,

Debbie

Smile
 
Posts: 5206 | Location: Northern Ohio in the U.S.A. | Registered: December 04, 2002
IHC Member 1291
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The Brandt Omega's DDR & CCCR grades are hard to come by today and are extra nice watches. Good dials on these watches are few and far between... We will look forward to the pictures.

regards,
bb
 
Posts: 6376 | Location: Texas in the USA | Registered: July 27, 2009
IHC Member 1954
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the watch is the same movement overall as the pictures of the ddr but it is cccr instead.the dial is also different.a member should be posting pictures of it for me when he finds time.i emailed the pictures to him and he is going to post for me.
 
Posts: 203 | Location: British Columbia in Canada | Registered: May 11, 2014
IHC Life Member
Picture of David Abbe
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Victor, the Price Guide shows both the DDR and CCCR at substantially the same value. The overall condition will determine where yours is in that value range.
 
Posts: 6492 | Location: Southern California in the USA | Registered: July 19, 2007
IHC Member 1541
Picture of Lorne Wasylishen
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quote:
Good dials on these watches are few and far between...


Back before I was aware of these watches I picked up 5 dials on ebay for $7.99 but didn't pay much attention.

A few years later it was "wait a minute" and one of them was the one pictured below. I suspect it is the same as Victor's dial.

A brief soak failed to make those lines disappear but I may try it again.

 
Posts: 2093 | Location: British Columbia in Canada | Registered: March 02, 2011
IHC Life Member
Picture of David Abbe
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This is Vic's Brandt 23 Jewel Omega CCCR. Vic told me that after he serviced it, it is running fine. It is definitely the real thing, and being a Hunter ( Cool) movement with that 24 Hour Numeric "Monty" style dial and original "pinned" regulator arm, it is really up there in rarity as a desirable collectible! Just add a click wheel retaining screw to make it "perfect", but my bet is this is the way it last came out of a Canadian Railroader's Pocket!

. . . Another watchmaker I know has records of as many as 250 of these Hunters made in the range 2516300-2516550 does anyone have any record other 16S or 18s Hunter Cased 23J CCCR RRG Omega's?

. . . .I wonder Vic's (above) started out life in a hunter case?

 
Posts: 6492 | Location: Southern California in the USA | Registered: July 19, 2007
IHC Member 1954
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it looks like this case never had another movement in it by the screw marks.this case has heavy brassing on the back from heavy use so has been with it for a long time.maybe was in a hunter case and it wore out.who knows.anything is possible.this old case still shines up fairly nice with a little hand polish.i was going to find a nice case for it but then thought I should just leave it the way I got it.i am sure it worked well for the train guy that had it.
 
Posts: 203 | Location: British Columbia in Canada | Registered: May 11, 2014
IHC Life Member
Picture of David Abbe
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Vic, I would leave it as-is and enjoy it as a piece of history.

An interesting "factoid", it has been reported that Omega named snd signed these "Le Brandt & Freres SA" for sale in North America so they could be distributed separately from their main Omega Brand name market outlets.
 
Posts: 6492 | Location: Southern California in the USA | Registered: July 19, 2007
IHC Member 1110
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Very nice Brandt, Vic!Every time I see one of those, the more I want one.Did anyone else notice the unusual regulator on that one?I've seen many pictures of these Brandt/Omega RR's, but have never seen that type reg. before.Could that be because of it being a hunter?....Ted.
 
Posts: 1322 | Location: Lebanon, Connecticut USA | Registered: March 28, 2008
IHC Member 1291
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Such a nice piece !! I would be on the hunt for a correct hunting case like it would have come in to make it correct.

Is it a 18size ?? A Canadian member just sold a nice YGF 18sz hunting case on site that it would of looked sharp in and made it complete once again.

regards,
bb
 
Posts: 6376 | Location: Texas in the USA | Registered: July 27, 2009
IHC Member 1954
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it is a 16 size.would it have been in a hunter case for sure.how would a person know for sure.
 
Posts: 203 | Location: British Columbia in Canada | Registered: May 11, 2014
IHC Life Member
Picture of David Abbe
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At this point, I would guess that the first case was a hunter. The actual difference between the CCCR and the DDR is fanciness of the damaskeening and the regulators.

While this is a 16s, Omega had the same plate design for both 16 and 18 size "R" movements.
 
Posts: 6492 | Location: Southern California in the USA | Registered: July 19, 2007
IHC Member 1541
Picture of Lorne Wasylishen
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Victor, a hunter movement in an open face case like yours is often called a "sidewinder".

Hunter movements have the winding crown at 3 o'clock and the setting lever at about 4 o'clock (5 o'clock on 18 size).

Open face movements have the winding crown at 12 and the lever set at 1 (2 on 18 size).

Chances are you watch was originally sold in a hunter case but there is a small chance the purchaser may have requested an open face. We will probably never know but if meant for a hunter most collectors feel that is where it belongs.

Dave, p. 535 in The Guide distinguishes the DDR/CCCR as such:

DDR = RR grade, 18 GJS, 2 diamond end stones.

CCCR = RR Grade, 15 GJS.

GJS = (Gold Jewel Settings)
 
Posts: 2093 | Location: British Columbia in Canada | Registered: March 02, 2011
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