Internet Horology Club 185
CANADIAN Private-Label Watches

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February 08, 2005, 01:38
Larry Buchan
CANADIAN Private-Label Watches
#940 Hamilton W. A. Ferguson Jeweler Kenora, Ontario dial.


February 08, 2005, 01:41
Larry Buchan
#940 Hamilton Serial #913361 W. a Ferguson movement.


February 09, 2005, 17:55
Larry Buchan
Here is a couple from Doug Sinclair's collection a Hamilton #944 DR Dingwall Ltd.


February 09, 2005, 17:59
Larry Buchan
David R. Dingwall was a CPR Watch Inspector out of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Hamilton #944 479017


February 09, 2005, 18:03
Larry Buchan
G.M. Rioch, Kenora, Ontario Hamilton #940 dial


February 09, 2005, 18:08
Larry Buchan
G.M. Rioch, Kenora, Ont. Hamilton #940 567084 movement.


February 09, 2005, 18:12
Larry Buchan
Canadian Pacific Railway Station and Gardens, Kenora, Ontario


February 11, 2005, 00:50
Larry Buchan
Well it's time to continue our sojourn eastward on the high iron for the Lakehead. We go 146 mi. to the next divisional point at Ignace, then another 147 mi. onto Thunder Bay. Thunder Bay was formerly the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur both are large shipping points for grain from the Prairies that is going to eastern markets starting here at Lake Superior and through the Great Lakes to the St. Lawrence Seaway.


February 11, 2005, 00:53
Larry Buchan
CPR station at Fort William.


February 11, 2005, 00:56
Larry Buchan
Fort William business district 1940s.


February 11, 2005, 01:00
Larry Buchan
#940 Hamilton dial R. Strachan Fort William, Ont.


February 11, 2005, 01:06
Larry Buchan
Hamilton #940 530546 movement, Hamilton's records indicate this watch was finished on April 18, 1907 and sold to the Montréal Watch Case Company on April 26, 1907.


February 11, 2005, 01:13
Larry Buchan
R. Strachan Watch inspection card wallet.


February 11, 2005, 01:16
Larry Buchan
Arriving at Thunder Bay we've covered 1891 mi. since we left Vancouver, we now continue eastward through some rugged country along the shore of Lake Superior to Schreiber the next divisional point 127 mi. east of of Thunder Bay. Then it's on to White River another 118 mi. east, the next divisional point is Chapleau 131 mi. from White River, then 137 mi. to Cartier and finally 35 mi. to Sudbury, Ontario this is nickel mining country and a Junction where our train #2 the Canadian is switched out into two trains #2 will continue down the Ottawa Valley to Montréal, but we will board #12 go Southeast to Toronto going through Parry Sound and make a crew change at Mac Tier a distance of 128 mi. then it's on to Toronto a final 126 mi. where our train terminates.


February 22, 2005, 22:48
Larry Buchan
Toronto's Union Station


February 23, 2005, 23:03
Larry Buchan
Private-label A. C. Stanners, 1138 Queen St. West Toronto dial.


February 23, 2005, 23:05
Larry Buchan
A. C. Stanners Waltham 1883 Canadian Railway Time Service movement.


February 24, 2005, 00:20
Larry Buchan
Timothy E. Eaton started a department store in Toronto, with a large mail-order warehouse out of Winnipeg that supplied the prairie provinces. He soon had outlet stores in every major city across Canada. He was much like R. W. Sears in his marketing, and he became a Canadian institution. He sold railway grade pocket watches in his stores and through his catalogs. They included the Waltham CPRs and CRTS models.


February 24, 2005, 00:24
Larry Buchan
Pocket watches listed in Eaton's catalog.


February 24, 2005, 00:29
Larry Buchan
CPR and CRTS listed in catalog.


February 25, 2005, 19:16
Larry Buchan
Here is an Illinois private-label from Toronto -- Ambrose Kent and Sons.


February 25, 2005, 19:19
Larry Buchan
Ambrose Kent and Sons movement: