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2. Pocket watch - Wikipedia

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   Mandatory for all railroad watches after roughly 1908, this kind of pocket watch was set by opening the crystal and bezel and pulling out the setting-lever (most hunter-cases have levers accessible without removing the crystal or bezel), which was generally found at either the 10 or 2 o'clock positions on open-faced watches, and at 5:00 on ...

3. List of watchmakers - Wikipedia

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   Jacques-Frédéric Houriet (1743–1830), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle, pocket watch, tourbillon. [1] Jules Jürgensen (1745–1811), Danish watchmaker and manufacturer, Le Locle, pocket watch, longcase clock. Peter Kinzing (1745–1816), German clockmaker and mechanic. Daniel Möllinger (1746–1794), German clockmaker, Heidelberg, city clock maker.

4. Wheel train - Wikipedia

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   Pocket watch with gears labelled. The going train is the main gear train of the timepiece. It consists of the wheels that transmit the force of the timepiece's power source, the mainspring or weight, to the escapement to drive the pendulum or balance wheel. [4] The going train has two functions.

5. Arnex railway station - Wikipedia

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   Arnex railway station (French: Gare d'Arnex) is a railway station in the municipality of Arnex-sur-Orbe, in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is an intermediate stop on ...

6. Waltham Watch Company - Wikipedia

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   Waltham railroad watches flyer. After the Civil War, the company became the main supplier of railroad chronometers to various railroads in North America and other countries. [ 11 ] In 1876, the company showed off the first automatic screw making machinery and was awarded the first gold medal in a watch precision contest at the Philadelphia ...

7. Regina pocket watches - Wikipedia

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   The National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors describes Regina watches as an inferior brand of Omega, but mentions that some were adjusted highly enough to be used as railroad timepieces, which was the standard for quality watches. [2] [3] The use of Regina watches for railroad timekeeping is documented on other sites as well. For ...