My purchase of a Seiko SVBR003 brought me here. I sincerely hope you are still passionate about trains and railroad watches. You seem like such a lovely person and your happiness was contagious for me watching this at 8pm in Los Angeles. Cheers.
Very good thank you. I am so fascinated by American railroad grade watches that I have bought a few, Waltham, Elgin, Illinois, and Hamilton. They are wonderful pieces.
very cute video, i couldn't help but make my jokes while i did genuinely enjoy the video, all i could think was , ohh this guy is full on aspie lol... but seriously have you thought about hosting childrens educational shows? you have a good entertainment to you but atthe same time fun yet upbeat and calm way of presenting material, and your screen moniker, conductor Parker, youd be a shoe - in for a educational childrens show
I have this same Hamilton conductors pocket watch. It has all the engravings on the inside of the case from every year it was in service and got checked out by a watch smith to make sure it was working correctly. I actually had an appointment with antique roadshow to have it checked out and so they could tell me the history of the watch. But covid hit and they canceled it
Check out PocketWatchDatabase.com. You can enter the serial number stamped on the back of the watch’s mechanism and the site will provide you with a rundown of info on the watch.
@@Midwestrailexcursions thank you so much I did not know this! I would love to learn the history on this watch. It has very fancy 3 letter initials engraved on the back of the case too.
Christopher Platt, The General Railroad Timepiece Standards that were adopted in 1893 required all railroad timepieces to be open face, meaning that they were not able to have a cover or “close”. Prior to these regulations it is likely that some conductors may have used pocket watches with a cover.
Christopher Platt, Today the use of radios, automatic block signals, and central computer tracking of trains has lessened the role of the railroad watch on many railroads, yet watch requirements still remain important to safe railroad operation. On the Union Pacific, for example: Rule 1.48 Time: While on duty, crew members must have a watch. Other employees must have access to a watch or clock. The watch or clock must: • Be in good working condition and reliable. • Display hours, minutes, and seconds. • Not vary from the correct time by more than 30 seconds. • Be compared with the time source designated in special instructions.
@@Midwestrailexcursions Thank you for the info. I would really like to become a conductor when I grow up and love hand-winding pocketwatches, but it is hard to find them with seconds.
I don’t think that pocket watch he had was railroad grade because the railroads only used the crown setting watches in the beginning until lever set came out, because the crown could be pulled out and the time could be changed easily- other than that good video.
May get some fun from a history lesson of sorts about a FOB I found metal detecting recently. Just got it up at my spot here, it's got quite an interesting history. Grandfather was a train engineer/conductor in south Georgia.
They're still made, just the number of jewels are related to the amount actually needed by the movement for low friction bearing points, a lot of modern mechanical movements have settled on a set number. There was a time where watch companies were just putting extra jewels in where they weren't needed, just to boast a higher jewel count.
