I have an Elgin Veritas 23 Jewel with the timezone hand made in 1907. It was my grandfathers watch, he was a freight conductor for the Pennsylvania Railroad and his section of the route ran from Ft. Wayne, Indiana to Chicago. It runs well, and I had it cleaned and serviced a few years ago.
That's awesome that you have your grandfather's pocket watch and you are taking GOOD care of a family heirloom! Hopefully it can eventually be passed down to someone in the family who values it as much as YOU do! (Some people write down information about the watch and keep it with the watch, so the history of the watch won't be lost!)
Great video! Catching up on your latest content and it's all wonderful 👏. Quick note on the pricing discussion toward the end: I think $3-$4k is estimate still far too low when you realize something like a Speedmaster, which is almost entirely made by machine nowadays, goes for $5k or over depending on model. I've heard it said before that back then it was the materials that were expensive, and the labor was cheap, whereas now it's the complete opposite. Not only does the expertise to create the damaskeening seen on this watch barely exist today, the machines to do it are also scarce. IMO the true equivalents of the Veritas today are selling into the many tens of thousands of dollars. Sorry to go off on a tangent 😁-- you did a wonderful job of taking us into the history of this watch!
Nice video and visuals. In the example contrasting the Veritas for Canadian service vs the one for American RR service, the “numerical” dial on the American example is not a true Montgomery dial as it lacks the numeral “6” in the seconds bit, which true Montgomery dials always have. Note on the Canadian dial “18” is within the seconds bit, satisfying a Montgomery stying.
I have my father in laws railroad pocket watch which is very similar, but it's not the same. Sorry, mine is a Hamilton Railroad Special not the Elgin, just looked at it.
That is an excellent pocket watch - highly sought after by the men who worked on the RR. I love the Hamilton Railroad Special and plan on doing a video on it! Enjoy yours!!!
I have an Elgin Veritas 23 Jewel with the timezone hand made in 1907. It was my grandfathers watch, he was a freight conductor for the Pennsylvania Railroad and his section of the route ran from Ft. Wayne, Indiana to Chicago. It runs well, and I had it cleaned and serviced a few years ago.
That's awesome that you have your grandfather's pocket watch and you are taking GOOD care of a family heirloom! Hopefully it can eventually be passed down to someone in the family who values it as much as YOU do! (Some people write down information about the watch and keep it with the watch, so the history of the watch won't be lost!)
Fantastic railroad watch. Thank you for sharing and thank you for the lesson.
pocket watches are my favorite
Astounding! ❤
Great video! Catching up on your latest content and it's all wonderful 👏. Quick note on the pricing discussion toward the end: I think $3-$4k is estimate still far too low when you realize something like a Speedmaster, which is almost entirely made by machine nowadays, goes for $5k or over depending on model. I've heard it said before that back then it was the materials that were expensive, and the labor was cheap, whereas now it's the complete opposite. Not only does the expertise to create the damaskeening seen on this watch barely exist today, the machines to do it are also scarce. IMO the true equivalents of the Veritas today are selling into the many tens of thousands of dollars. Sorry to go off on a tangent 😁-- you did a wonderful job of taking us into the history of this watch!
Awesome comment! Your points are well made and I can't disagree!! Thank you for watching!!!!
Very informative video. Beautiful watch, thank you for sharing.
Nice video and visuals. In the example contrasting the Veritas for Canadian service vs the one for American RR service, the “numerical” dial on the American example is not a true Montgomery dial as it lacks the numeral “6” in the seconds bit, which true Montgomery dials always have. Note on the Canadian dial “18” is within the seconds bit, satisfying a Montgomery stying.
Thanks for sharing that information!
I have my father in laws railroad pocket watch which is very similar, but it's not the same. Sorry, mine is a Hamilton Railroad Special not the Elgin, just looked at it.
That is an excellent pocket watch - highly sought after by the men who worked on the RR. I love the Hamilton Railroad Special and plan on doing a video on it! Enjoy yours!!!