Signed 'BALL's Standard - Superior Grade - Adjusted'Īrchival BALL Salesman's Manual 'The New 16-size Model' circa 1896. 18-size, 17 jewel movement to BALL Standard, No. Ball announced a commemorative '999' high-grade pocketwatch in 1895 that remains among the finest examples of the Railroad Watch.īALL & Co., Cleveland (Ohio). 999, an engine whose high-speed route was planned & timed by Webb C. Announces the new speed record of the Empire State Express No. Very fine, yellow gold-filled, keyless, Brotherhood railroad watch.Īrchival newspaper account '112 Miles An Hour' circa 1893. Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireman and Engineers, No. watch inspectors, retailers, and watch company.īALL Watch Co., Cleveland, (Ohio). Spurred evolution of Ball store into BALL & Co. Shows system implemented on Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway after the Kipton Disaster. Very fine, gold-plated 'Commercial Standard' watch.Īrchival document 'Time Inspection Service, Circular No. Roman index and sunk subsidiary seconds, white enamel dial, 18-size, 17 jewel movement with inner dust jacket, circa 1898. Shows original notes & amendments discussed.īALL Watch Co., Cleveland (Ohio). Grew into the system that covered 75% of American railroad. Ball implemented as Chief Examiner for the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Division. Sometime during the 1960s (I think) both the railroad and commercial grade of Swiss Ball pocket watches appear to have been replaced in the Ball line by wristwatches.Īrchival document 'Instructions to Watch Examiners' circa 1888. The Commercial grade Swiss Ball watches might go back even earlier than the mid-1950s, but that is just a guess. It has every appearance of a Ball watch sold in Canada. Encyclopedia article (and looking at your pictures), Ball movement serial number B221675 can be seen to have been made for Ball by Waltham in about 1906, give or take a year or so. Welcome to the NAWCC American Pocket Watch Message Board! Checking the references listed in the Ball Watch Co. Encyclopedia article (and from looking at your pictures), Ball movement serial number B641835 can be seen to be, as you posted, a 16-size, grade 999 Official RR Standard. Almost all of the Ball-Hamilton 999B watches used a circular damaskeening pattern, but a small number of watches were produced in late 1954 featuring a straight line damaskeening pattern. The table below is specific to the Ball-Hamilton grade 999B, which used its own sequence of serial numbers. Serial number look-up example: Let's say you have a Waltham watch with serial number 21,607,210 as shown in the photo below. So to determine when your watch was manufactured, you will need to find where your serial number fits within the range of numbers.
#Omega pocket watch serial number lookup mod#
Based on the super-reliable 992B with Elinvar hairspring and mono-metallic balance, the Mod 23 adds a chronograph mechanism, making it one of the most complicated watches produced by Hamilton. Hamilton Model 23 Military Chronograph was widely used during WWII as a navigator's 'stop-watch'. Here are a few tips to find information about your pocket watch: Always input the serial number from the pocket watch movement (the 'mechanism' of the watch).
The Pocket Watch Database has compiled data covering the major American pocket watch manufacturers and created an easy way to find information using the serial number on the watch movement. Very fine and exceptionally rare, 18K gold screw back and bezel, Brotherhood railroad watch. Ball Pocket Watch Serial Number Database OnlineīALL & Co., Cleveland (Ohio).Information On This Ball Pocketwatch | NAWCC Forums.
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