Standard Time

Solar Timekeeping: A Brief History of our Reliance on the Sun for Time

By Nathan Moore

In Time-Telling

Solar Eclipse Totality - April 8, 2024 - Paducah, Kentucky Last week marked the first total solar eclipse visible in the United States since 2017. My family journeyed to Paducah, Kentucky, to experience totality on April 8. The wonderment of this celestial event serves as...

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 , Railroad Watches , Railroads , Time-Telling

Adoption of the 24-Hour Standard Time System on Canadian Railroads

By Nathan Moore

In June 1886, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company established new requirements for dials, specifying that the figures 13 to 24 must accompany the conventional hour indicators, aligning with the newly-adopted.

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

By Nathan Moore

In Dials , History , Railroad Watches , Waltham

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 ideas by individuals hoping to capitalize on the change. Many anticipated the natural progression of...