Grade
Railroad-grade pocket watches
Movements built to the railroads' time service rules. From about 1908 that meant an open-face, lever-set, 16 or 18-size watch with 17 or more jewels, adjusted to temperature and five positions and kept within 30 seconds a week, and the minimums rose from there. Each railroad approved watches for its own list, so railroad grade describes how a watch was built. It doesn't prove the watch worked on a train.
22 references we cover.
Hamilton · 992
Railroad gradeHamilton 992B
16s · 21 jewels
- Grade engraved
- 992B
- Years
- 1940–1969
$370–$430 typical ask
122 on eBay
Hamilton · 992
Railroad gradeHamilton 992
16s · 21 jewels
- Grade engraved
- 992
- Years
- 1903–early 1930s
$390–$500 typical ask
181 on eBay
Hamilton · 992
Railroad gradeHamilton 992E
16s · 21 jewels
- Grade engraved
- 992E
- Years
- early 1930s–1940
$625–$1,350 typical ask
36 on eBay
Hamilton · 950
Railroad gradeHamilton 950B
16s · 23 jewels
- Grade engraved
- 950B
- Years
- 1941–1965
$1,475–$2,300 typical ask
22 on eBay
Hamilton · 950
Railroad gradeHamilton 950
16s · 23 jewels
- Grade engraved
- 950
- Years
- 1910–1935
$1,050–$1,750 typical ask
14 on eBay
Hamilton · 18-size railroad
Railroad gradeHamilton 940
18s · 21 jewels
- Grade engraved
- 940
- Years
- 1898–1928
$290–$575 typical ask
95 on eBay
Waltham · Vanguard
Railroad gradeWaltham Vanguard 23 Jewel
16s · 23 jewels
- Grade engraved
- Vanguard
- Years
- by 1911 to the mid-1950s
$370–$525 typical ask
150 on eBay
Waltham · Vanguard
Railroad gradeWaltham Vanguard 21 Jewel
18s · 21 jewels
- Grade engraved
- Vanguard
- Years
- 1894 into the 1910s
$440–$625 typical ask
18 on eBay
Waltham · Crescent Street
Railroad gradeWaltham Crescent Street 21 Jewel
18s · 21 jewels
- Grade engraved
- Crescent St.
- Years
- mid-1890s into the 1910s
$390–$675 typical ask
22 on eBay
Waltham · Model 1892
Railroad gradeWaltham Model 1892
18s · 17 jewels
- Grade engraved
- Model 1892
- Years
- 1894 into the 1910s
$400–$2,175 typical ask
15 on eBay
Elgin · B.W. Raymond
Railroad gradeElgin B.W. Raymond 21J Grade 571
16s · 21 jewels
- Grade engraved
- 571
- Years
- 1947–1955
$370–$675 typical ask
35 on eBay
Elgin · B.W. Raymond
Railroad gradeElgin B.W. Raymond 19J Grade 240
18s · 19 jewels
- Grade engraved
- 240
- Years
- 1900–1914
$280–$600 typical ask
25 on eBay
Elgin · Father Time
Railroad gradeElgin Father Time 21J Grade 367
18s · 21 jewels
- Grade engraved
- 367
- Years
- 1909–1920
$350–$1,350 typical ask
16 on eBay
Elgin · Veritas
Railroad gradeElgin Veritas 21J Grade 239
18s · 21 jewels
- Grade engraved
- 239
- Years
- 1900–1912
$725–$1,050 typical ask
11 on eBay
Illinois · Bunn Special
Railroad gradeIllinois Bunn Special 21-jewel
16s · 21 jewels
- Grade engraved
- Bunn Special
- Years
- 1913–1940s
$410–$575 typical ask
116 on eBay
Illinois · Bunn Special
Railroad gradeIllinois Bunn Special 23-jewel
16s · 23 jewels
- Grade engraved
- Bunn Special
- Years
- 1913–1940s
$850–$1,025 typical ask
16 on eBay
Illinois · Bunn Special
Railroad gradeIllinois 60-hour Bunn Special
16s · 23 jewels
- Grade engraved
- Bunn Special 60 Hour
- Years
- 1924–1940s
$600–$1,700 typical ask
80 on eBay
Illinois · Sangamo Special
Railroad gradeIllinois Sangamo Special
16s · 23 jewels
- Grade engraved
- Sangamo Special
- Years
- 1913–1930
$1,000–$1,525 typical ask
23 on eBay
Illinois · Santa Fe Special
Railroad gradeIllinois Santa Fe Special
16s · 21 jewels
- Grade engraved
- Santa Fe Special
- Years
- 1913–1930s
$550–$1,025 typical ask
12 on eBay
Howard · Railroad Chronometer
Railroad gradeHoward Series 11 Railroad Chronometer
16s · 21 jewels
- Grade engraved
- Series 11
- Years
- late 1910s–1920s
$675–$950 typical ask
19 on eBay
Howard · Bridge model
Railroad gradeHoward Series 5 19-jewel
16s · 19 jewels
- Grade engraved
- Series 5
- Years
- 1900s–1910s
$800–$900 typical ask
7 on eBay
Howard · Bridge model
Railroad gradeHoward Series 0 23-jewel
16s · 23 jewels
- Grade engraved
- Series 0
- Years
- 1900s–1920s
$1,125–$2,025 typical ask
12 on eBay