To understand how important the railroad watch was, first we need to know a little about the railroad. By 1880 there were thousands of miles of track and hundreds of trains sharing these tracks at the same time. To be sure that no two trains met in the wrong direction, time was of great importance. In those days there was no time standard, each city and town operated on their own time schedule. During this period the many railroads had 50 different time zones to manage.
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The types of vintage pocket watches can create a near endless list.
Just a few to start.
American and European-made watches
Openface watch
Hunter face watch
Railroad watch
Gold or Silver watches
Historical watches
A new collector may feel quite overwhelmed by the many choices available. The quick answer is to collect what You like rather than what someone else tells you to. After all it is your collection. Take into consideration the reason you want to collect, whether for profit or the sheer enjoyment of having a nice collection of old watches. Read more »
Vintage Pocket Watch
Mechanisms for keeping time were developed hundreds of years ago, however it was in the 1500’s before the first mobile time keeping device came to be.
The clock’s mechanism at that time was quite large and too heavy to be considered for a portable clock. The majority of clocks were very large and were used in cathedrals or buidings where space was not a factor. Large stone or metal blocks were used as weights and counterbalances to provide power for these clocks. Read more »
Railroad Pocket Watches | roger1 August 14, 2010 | 
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