Observatory Tested An extremely rare railroad watch - Official Railroad Approved -...
Gehäuse
Steel, push back, glazed movement.|Very good.
Zifferblatt
Enamel.|Very good.
Werk
Bridge movement, lever escapement, Glucydur screw balance.|Very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
WERKNR:0043
caliber:435
dimension:51 mm
circa:1960
weight:103
country:Switzerland
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In the 1950s, Record produced a standard railroad pocketwatch for Ball, which was the only service pocketwatch with Incabloc protection used in the US. Then in 1961, Longines purchased Record, where it would continue to operate until 1991. Like so many other brands, Record was unable to compete against quartz watches. Though they may have kept their doors open through the quartz crisis, their glory days had long since expired. About 1954 Ball started testing watches in Neuchatel. They used a Guliaume balance and claimed the most accurate watch they had ever tested! The Ball Railroad Compnay have combined their sixty five years of experience in advanced horology and modern horology to create the first and only shockproof Railroad watch to be placed before the most discriminating most appreciative and critical of time exponenets (sic), the Railroad men. These men consider the BALLl RR Watch to be the Railroads most honored watch.
Gehäuse
Steel, push back, glazed movement.|Very good.
Zifferblatt
Enamel.|Very good.
Werk
Bridge movement, lever escapement, Glucydur screw balance.|Very good, capable of running, cleaning recommended.
WERKNR:0043
caliber:435
dimension:51 mm
circa:1960
weight:103
country:Switzerland
originalbox:
originalcertificate:
guaranteecard:
servicecard:
extract:
accessories:
clasp:
In the 1950s, Record produced a standard railroad pocketwatch for Ball, which was the only service pocketwatch with Incabloc protection used in the US. Then in 1961, Longines purchased Record, where it would continue to operate until 1991. Like so many other brands, Record was unable to compete against quartz watches. Though they may have kept their doors open through the quartz crisis, their glory days had long since expired. About 1954 Ball started testing watches in Neuchatel. They used a Guliaume balance and claimed the most accurate watch they had ever tested! The Ball Railroad Compnay have combined their sixty five years of experience in advanced horology and modern horology to create the first and only shockproof Railroad watch to be placed before the most discriminating most appreciative and critical of time exponenets (sic), the Railroad men. These men consider the BALLl RR Watch to be the Railroads most honored watch.
