Pictured: Ball “Official RR Standard” Railroad Dial, c.1905. Webb C. Ball was arguably the most prolific figure associated with time inspection on the railroads. As general time inspector for many.
Pictured: Elgin National Watch Co. Watch with Conversion Dial. As more railroads required watches to feature a pendant at the 12:00 position to qualify for service, conversion dials became a.
Pictured: LaRose Reproduction Illinois Ferguson Dial, c.1970s. Another popular source for post-era reproduction dials was S. LaRose Inc. This watch and clock supply company began in 1936 and operated for.
Pictured: Backs of Ferguson Dials with Swiss Style Codes. [Various Images Courtesy of Jones & Horan Auctions] Shortly after the Ferguson Dial Company was organized by Louis Buck Ferguson, dials.
Pictured: Advertisement Offering Stock in the Ferguson Dial Company, The Monroe News-Star, April 22, 1911 When Louis Buck Ferguson began selling his patented dial to the railroad industry, he ordered.
Pictured: Original Hour and Minute Hands Packaged with an Original 8112 Ferguson Dial, c.1915. Due to the unusual arrangement of the figures on Louis Buck Ferguson’s patented dial design, each.
