Pictured: Movement Diagram Detailing Features of the Santa Fe Special Watch, c.1920 Santa Fe Special Catalog The Santa Fe Watch Company frequently included illustrations of the Santa Fe Special movement.
Pictured: Excerpt from 1886 Robbins & Appleton Price List Catalog By the 1880s, the most prominent American watch companies offered special named movements and dials for retailers, jobbers, and wholesalers.
Pictured: Elgin National Watch Company Dials (Showing Dial No. 2637), 1909 Material Catalog Supplement When the Elgin National Watch Company introduced their iconic railroad dial around 1908, the original part.
Pictured: 1882 Elgin Material Catalog Showing Hard vs. Soft Enamel Dial Pricing [Catalog Scans Courtesy of Rick Hufnagel] Innovative and novel products commonly demand a premium when first introduced to.
Shortly after the introduction of the new 18-Size railroad movements in 1901, the Elgin National Watch Company distributed a promotional booklet titled, “The Watch Word is Elgin: Timemakers and Timekeepers.”.
In 1911, the Hamilton Watch Company published a beautiful booklet with a simple dedication: “To the railroad men of America, that most efficient body of men who have made known.
