Setting
Lever-set pocket watches
To set the time you take off the bezel, pull out a small lever at the edge of the dial (usually near 1 or 5 o'clock), turn the crown, then push the lever back. Railroads required it on new watches from about 1906 to 1908 because the hands can't be moved by accident while you wind. Most lever-set watches have a screw-off bezel.
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