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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 308148, member: 360"]<i><b>"AAAAAAAALL ABOOOAAARRRD!!"</b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p>How's this for an auction-house win? </p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly, the watch is in rather battered condition. If the dial (which is extremely fragile) is not salvageable, I shall ask my watchmaker to replace it with a similar one. </p><p><br /></p><p>The mechanism itself appears to be sound, and it does run, but it's extremely sluggish. I'm only coaxing it along at the moment so as to relax the tension a bit on the mainspring (the watch was fully-wound when I bought it). </p><p><br /></p><p>This railroad chronometer was made for the Canadian Grand Trunk Pacific railroad (1914-1920), a very short-lived train-line in Eastern Canada during the WWI-period. That leads me to believe that this watch may be extremely rare. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]101514[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]101515[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The back has all the details (and more!) than the front, so if we have to sacrifice the dial, I'm not that worried. Also, it's a window-back! A rather rare feature on antique pocketwatches, so this is really cool!! </p><p><br /></p><p>It says: </p><p><br /></p><p><b>"ADJUSTED HEAT & COLD, SIX POSITIONS"</b></p><p><b>"NON MAGNETIC"</b></p><p><b>19 JEWELS. </b></p><p><b>"GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC SPECIAL". </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>The case is most likely nickel. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, there you have it! My latest watch.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 308148, member: 360"][I][B]"AAAAAAAALL ABOOOAAARRRD!!" [/B][/I] How's this for an auction-house win? Sadly, the watch is in rather battered condition. If the dial (which is extremely fragile) is not salvageable, I shall ask my watchmaker to replace it with a similar one. The mechanism itself appears to be sound, and it does run, but it's extremely sluggish. I'm only coaxing it along at the moment so as to relax the tension a bit on the mainspring (the watch was fully-wound when I bought it). This railroad chronometer was made for the Canadian Grand Trunk Pacific railroad (1914-1920), a very short-lived train-line in Eastern Canada during the WWI-period. That leads me to believe that this watch may be extremely rare. [ATTACH=full]101514[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]101515[/ATTACH] The back has all the details (and more!) than the front, so if we have to sacrifice the dial, I'm not that worried. Also, it's a window-back! A rather rare feature on antique pocketwatches, so this is really cool!! It says: [B]"ADJUSTED HEAT & COLD, SIX POSITIONS" "NON MAGNETIC" 19 JEWELS. "GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC SPECIAL". [/B] The case is most likely nickel. So, there you have it! My latest watch.[/QUOTE]
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