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Special "Western Canada" dial?
According to Darryll Lesser, a watchmaker from Hudson, QC, this style of lettering/numbering on the dial was particular to Western Canada:
A VERY INTERESTING PIECE OF CANADIAN RAILROAD DIAL HISTORY....,
A few months ago Mr. Peter Kushnir (Master Watchmaker) and Mr. Charles Lock (Famous Waltham Watch Collector), were here at my shop and I was told a very interesting true story on the Western Canadian Railroad dial.... Back in the early part of this century there was a man called Vern Pickersgill who lived and worked in Winnipeg Manitoba for the CPR railroad. Winnipeg is indeed mid Canada just east of Alberta. He was in charge of all railroad pocket watches from Manitoba to British Colombia, as was my dear friend was here in eastern Canada, Mr. Peter Kushnir, who was in charge of all railroad watches from Ontario to Nova Scotia. One day in the 1930's Mr. Pikersgill wanted to have a 24 hour dial but he wanted a different dial from the Americans and Eastern Canada as well, so he made the "TRUE" Western Canadian model railroad dial in outer 24 Roman numerals and with an inner 24 hour Arabic. Which is called since the 1930's to this present day the "Pickersgill" Canadian railroad dial. Just a note that I found interesting indeed. I thank Mr. Peter Kushnir (Master Watch maker) for this great piece of Canadian history ;-).
Omega chronometres from 1905 to 1974
Hi everyone .... This is a presentation on Chronometre grade Omegas from 1905 to 1974.. i hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it. The above is first generation case ref CK 2254. Its a stunning 35 mm in diameter steel screwback case. The early e...
Thanks a lot, Bill, for your work, my friend!
I think it's impossible to not skip some models, if you prepare this kind of review... I love the Accuracy tolerance of this era..." 30 sec per day is ok "... And if you think about it, 30 sec per day, without computer, without any of our modern tools, it...
MC certification
Hi Bill, nice presentation. Some nitpicking about the Marine Chronometer f2.4MHz: The prototype was actually certified as such by the Neuchatel Observatory after 63 days of testing. Its average daily drift was less than 2/1000 second per day. or 0.73 seco...
I dont know...
Hi Thierry The comments do not make much sense to me... Where were Marco comments published ? Journey Thru Time ? The comment that "I read that the decision to send the commercial MC watches to the Besancon observatory for certification was taken because ...
Nice job, Bill
I see it has come along some more since I saw it last, improving on what was already impressive and the photos are outstanding . . . . The only thing I would be interested in seeing added would be more "perspective". You commented that rather than creatin...
Bill, I assume this is lifted from a PowerPoint presentation.
In which case, you should most certainly not add any more "perspective" to the actual slides. PP is a wonderful tool in the right hands, but it should always be designed as an adjunct to an oral presentation. There is nothing more boring (and difficult to...
hahahahaha good point....
Hi Tony I created the foils and gave this presentation. The additional text I added to the later foils I thought was necessary . Due to the nature of the photos and content. When I do give this presentation live the material really jumps out at you ! I am...
Very Good Timing
Very informative particularly since I only recently bought a CCR graded pocket watch.Interestingly it is signed Brandt on the dial and Louis Brandt & Frere on the movement, rather than Omega PhilD
CCR is a great time keeper !!
Hi Phil I plan on a detailed article on the Omega Railroads soon !!! The Brandt name was used to get around Omega Dealer agreements... Due to the fact the "dealer" that sold railroad watches normally was not the same "dealer " that would sell Omega watche...
The Omega name... not very well known in 1905?
Bill, you write: The Brandt name was used to get around Omega Dealer agreements... Due to the fact the "dealer" that sold railroad watches normally was not the same "dealer " that would sell Omega watches in the same country... However, was it not just be...
Not A question of well known...
Hi francois It is not a question of being well know. It is a simple way to create separate distribution channels. Most of the Canadian "Omegas" were signed Louis Brandt ... My first year DDR has a simple " Omega" signed dial ( 1905) . Just about all the o...
Big Size vintage chronometer
Great work Bill, and very very interesting. Any idea where to start when buying the first vintage Omega chronometer? I prefer bigger watches so I might have a problem here... BR Hans
great job bill, very good sum up of omega forward technology in chronometer manufacturing
Definitely a very good sum up of Omega manufacturing technology regarding chronometers, in 1972 Omega built more than 2 millions of chronometers whichwas more than Rolex at the time. Quality and accuracy were here and better than on the eta based movement...