Locomotive

The Keystone Locomotive Celluloid Dial by the Keystone Watch Company

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Celluloid Keystone Locomotive Watch Dial from the Keystone Watch Company Another variation of the celluloid dials produced by the Keystone Watch Company features the front of a locomotive enclosed within a keystone shape. Most of these illustrative dials have dramatically faded over time, leaving...

Dials , Exceptional Watches , History , Railroad Watches , Railroads , Waltham

Combined Techniques: Transfer Process with Hand-Painting Embellishments on “Dominion” Locomotive Dials

By Nathan Moore

Hand-Colored “Dominion” Locomotive Dial, Winter Scene, Fitted on a Waltham 18-Size Crescent St. Movement. Shortly after the American watch factories perfected new procedures for efficiently marking dials with transfer techniques,.