Canadian Dial

Introduction of the Continuous Marginal Minute Figures on American Watch Dials – The “Montgomery Dial”

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Seth Thomas “Montgomery Dial” with Continuous Marginal Minute Figures, Fitted on an 18-Size “Railway” Movement. As the five-minute marginal figures became popular on American watch dials in the 1890s, railroad time inspector Henry S. Montgomery recognized an opportunity to create a dial featuring a...

Dials , History , Railroad Watches , Waltham

The Introduction of the Twenty-Four Hour Division Dial (The “Canadian Dial”)

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Waltham “Twenty-Four Hour Division Dial” Fitted on a 18-Size P.S. Bartlett Movement, c.1907. The adoption of standard time by the railroad industry in 1883 spurred a flurry of innovative.