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Henry S. Montgomery Defends His Safety Dial Against Attack by Webb C. Ball

By Nathan Moore

Even though the Montgomery Safety Dial was not directly targeted by Webb C. Ball’s paper presented at the 1920 National Safety Council meeting, it was understood the dial was classified as a “freak dial” according to Ball’s definition. As a result, Henry S. Montgomery was...

Dials , History , Railroad Watches , Railroads

Webb C. Ball Rejects “Freakish” Railroad Dials

By Nathan Moore

Shortly after Henry S. Montgomery introduced the new generation of his “Safety Dial” design in April 1920, Webb C. Ball launched an attack rejecting any dial with “fantastic figures or.

Dials , History , Patents & Innovations , Production , Railroad Watches , Railroads , Waltham

Early Adoption of the Montgomery Dial: The Santa Fe Railway System Standard Dial

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Santa Fe Railway System Standard Dial (Montgomery Design), Fitted on a Waltham Grade 845 Movement, c.1904. Photo courtesy of Jones & Horan Auctions (https://www.jones-horan.com/) Shortly after Henry S. Montgomery.

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

By Nathan Moore

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

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, the art form of dial painting was combined with the new methods to create custom...

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