[Alaskan]

Have any of you ever seen a Railroad approved accutron with a 0 in the 12 o'clock position? All of the others I have seen have a 12. Any insight or info would be greatly appreciated. I will post pictures if I can find them. Thanks in advance!

 

[Chromspec]

Have any of you ever seen a Railroad approved accutron with a 0 in the 12 o'clock position? All of the others I have seen have a 12. Any insight or info would be greatly appreciated. I will post pictures if I can find them. Thanks in advance!

Yes, I had one awhile back. I sold it when paring down my collection. Fairly rare dial but do see the odd one come up on ebay. http://www.mybob.net/dials/swiss_canadian_railroad.jpg

 

[oliverb]

Now that is interesting! After getting my 214 last year I haven't really paid much attention to the 218 variations. I don't believe Bulova ever had the 218 models officially certified for RR use as were the 214s.

 

[RalphDjr]

Now that is interesting! After getting my 214 last year I haven't really paid much attention to the 218 variations. I don't believe Bulova ever had the 218 models officially certified for RR use as were the 214s.

Maybe not officially but they sure got a lot of mileage with the 218/219 calibers before
moving into the pure quartz movements with the RR style dials...

My RR example is an N6, red 13 to 24 numbers, caliber 2181. It has the RR fully spelled
out on the face under the hands (RAILROAD APPROVED) and a red sweep...

I suspect some of the so called RR offerings on ePay are conversions, like the 214 space
views, because of the higher turnover pricing asked & offered/received for these specialty
watches.

Oh, as for the OP's question up there in Chuglak, Yes, I've seen the example that you
state (0 subbed for 24, 12 being on the inner circle numbers) offered on the Bay.

It could be a European thing with the 0 in place of the 24 (NOT the 12). In the GMT/Universal
24 hour system, if I remember correctly, one minuet past midnight is recorded as 0001.
One AM is written as 0100...

If you look at the example quoted as Canadian, you will see that dial is Swiss. I don't think
the US RR's will have the 0 in place of 24.

By the by, I spent a year in Galena, back in '59...

 

[Chromspec]

I noticed that it was listed on Bob's site as Canadian but was always under the impression that the "Canadian" RR approved were the red (or black) 13 through 24 on the inside of the black 1 through 12. The CPR adopted a 24 hour time standard (like military time) and required this type of diial as the standard since the 1890's. The one that has "0" could be a "Euro" as Ralph suggested.....or military version? I kick myself for letting that one go, I love the classic RR approved look and have several, the 0 through 24 is unique though.

 

[Alaskan]

Maybe not officially but they sure got a lot of mileage with the 218/219 calibers before
moving into the pure quartz movements with the RR style dials...

My RR example is an N6, red 13 to 24 numbers, caliber 2181. It has the RR fully spelled
out on the face under the hands (RAILROAD APPROVED) and a red sweep...

I suspect some of the so called RR offerings on ePay are conversions, like the 214 space
views, because of the higher turnover pricing asked & offered/received for these specialty
watches.

Oh, as for the OP's question up there in Chuglak, Yes, I've seen the example that you
state (0 subbed for 24, 12 being on the inner circle numbers) offered on the Bay.

It could be a European thing with the 0 in place of the 24 (NOT the 12). In the GMT/Universal
24 hour system, if I remember correctly, one minuet past midnight is recorded as 0001.
One AM is written as 0100...

If you look at the example quoted as Canadian, you will see that dial is Swiss. I don't think
the US RR's will have the 0 in place of 24.

By the by, I spent a year in Galena, back in '59...[/QUOTE

I guess it could be a European thing. It does not have Swiss anywhere on the dial. A conversion is a possibility however, I don't see the reason for that sort of conversion. A spaceview conversion could net more money, especially if it is done well but, I don't see a converted RR as being worth more. :confused1:

I have been to Galena, interesting place. I can't imagine spending an entire year there! Military?

 

[RalphDjr]

{/Quote} I have been to Galena, interesting place. I can't imagine spending an entire year there! Military?[/QUOTE]

Yeah, there was an Air Force AC&W (aircraft control & warning) site with a BIG honking radar instillation
outside Galena, on a high location where the land fill is now located.

After a year in Greenland, I was rewarded with another award winning post up there
with the idea of homesteading along the way but that didn't happen.

Actually, I requested the Alaska area assignment BUT put in for a location way south...

Following that was sent to the Azores, Italy and finally Hawaii with a lot of temporary
spots (TDY's) in between PCS's...