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If you have time to read this, it might help. There are many different opinions of what constitutes a RR grade. I suspect this was due to the competition among mfgs for RR business. Mr. Singer is pretty knowledgeable on the subject.  Lever set is RR okay.

http://ph.nawcc.org/Railroad/Railroad.htm

Your watch is nice 466 including gold screws and "high tech" regulator and well worn crown,  did a quick search on elginwatches.org for more info.

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If you have time to read this, it might help. There are many different opinions of what constitutes a RR grade. I suspect this was due to the competition among mfgs for RR business. Mr. Singer is pretty knowledgeable on the subject.  Lever set is RR okay.
http://ph.nawcc.org/Railroad/Railroad.htm
Your watch is nice 466 including gold screws and "high tech" regulator and well worn crown,  did a quick search on elginwatches.org for more info.

Is a worn crown a good thing?


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23 hours ago, jdrichard said:


The crown is hard to turn with no grip. Do you know a good source for vintage 16S Watch crowns?


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Not off hand, it would be part of case, (who is case mfg?)

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23 hours ago, jdrichard said:

So this watch should be a Railroad Grade watch? Correct? Even though the PW Database said no24c93b39b7660c8fb8efcd0f3e902b24.png


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Sometimes, (not always) online databases are not really updated, It's time consuming and there isn't much of a reward,(for editor), so it can be difficult to determine exactly what you have. I am not saying I'm right and you are wrong on the Bartlett. (probably because it wasn't adjusted for heat and cold and 5 positions) Also, since RR approval was normally determined by the RR, not necessarily the mfg, it lent a pretty wide berth from mfg'ers to determine a watch to be RR "grade". (Meaning it fell into the criteria of a RR watch) The individual RR would have their own list of "approved" watches. Does that make sense?
 

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I have found a few "real" RR watches with the railroad company logo stamped inside the case back with a calibration date.  I am not sure but that seems to indicate this watch was used by that Rail Road.  I have only seen that twice.    

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