NAWCC Bulletin No. 342, February 2003
High Grade Columbus Watches Part 1 - The Columbus Watch Company
81 - Greg Frauenhoff and John Dimar, authors
81 - Columbus Watch Manufacturing Co. & Columbus Watch Co.
82 - Columbus watches used in Time Service on the Burlington Route in 1890, table of
82 - Swiss-Columbus 18-size watches
83 - Columbus, non-magnetic watches
85 - Columbus Watch Co. railroad-marked watches, table of
85 - Columbus, private label watches
86 - Identification of Columbus open-face and hunting-case movements
87 - Columbus 16-size movements
87 - Columbus, 18-size, the Railway King
88 - 15-jewel R.W.K. Special grade by Columbus
89 - Private label 18-size Illinois watches
NAWCC Bulletin No. 343, April 2003
High Grade Columbus Watches Part 2 - The New Columbus Watch Company
229 - Greg Frauenhoff and John Dimar, authors
229 - History of the New Columbus Watch Manufacturing Co. and its sale
230 - Columbus open-face grades and change to lever-set
230 - Columbus numbered grade movements
230 - First 21-jewel watches by Columbus
231 - 18-size Time King movements
231 - New Columbus 16-size Ruby grade
231 - New Columbus grade movements, table of
231 - Railway King, 16- & 17-jewel watches
233 - Columbus King movements
233 - Dial inscriptions
234 - New Columbus Watch Co., purchased by the Studebaker brothers
235 - Dial design for railroad service
236 - 16-jewel Swiss-Columbus watch
236 - Columbus private label watch
236 - Aluminum Ball Box
236 - Hamilton cased watch data requested
NAWCC Bulletin No. 344, June 2003
High Grade Columbus Watches Part 3- Columbus 500,000 Series
360 - Greg Frauenhoff and John Dimar, authors
360 - New Columbus Watch Manufacturing Co.
360 - 18-size Time King movements
361 - New Columbus 500,000 Series Estimated production, table of
363 - Railway King became Columbus King watches
364 - Columbus King open-face and hunting case models
365 - New Columbus jewel movements, location
365 - New Columbus serial number sequence
366 - New Columbus dial inscriptions
367 - Columbus production totals
368 - 18-size Hamilton-Ball
368 - Seth Thomas Maiden Lane
368 - ORC emblem, fish symbol
369 - Swiss-Columbus movement
369 - Private label Waltham model 1892 “Pennsylvania Special”
NAWCC Bulletin No. 345, August 2003
The 1880s Magnetism Scare Part 1: The Watches
485 - Magnetism’s effect on RR watches
485 - Magnetic fields explained
485 - Magnetic fields and railroaders
486 - Non-magnetic watches
486 - Non-magnetic Watch Co.
487 - Non-Magnetic Watch Co. of America mergers
487 - Fredonia and Peoria development of anti-magnetic watches
488 - Waltham 18-size non-magnetic watches
490 - Elgin non-magnetic watches
490 - Illinois non-magnetic watches
490 - Changes in railroad industry and watches
493 - Waltham factory rework
493 - Illinois Stuart up-jeweling factory retrofit
493 - Waltham-Ball 19/21-jewel ORRS
494 - Vanguard wind indicator retrofitting
NAWCC Bulletin No. 346, October 2003
The 1880s Magnetism Scare Part 2: The Cases
645 - Giles anti-magnetic shielded steel balance
647 - E. Howard Watch and Clock Co. Anti- Magnetic Shield Case
647 - Giles Anti-Magnetic Shield Case
647 - Waltham non-magnetic watches with Giles shield in cases
648 - Atlantic Watch Case Co. nickel-plated iron cases
648 - Ajax watch insulator, made by Newark Watch Case Material Co.
648 - Case companies
651 - Illinois 1905 & 1908 Special Rework
652 - Illinois Sangamo Special, 16-size
653 - Hamilton, grade 992 with HA (Heavy Arabic) style dial
653 - Hamilton unmarked 992 special
NAWCC Bulletin No. 347, December 2003
Hamilton’s Hayden W. Wheeler Bridge Model Contract Watches
771 - Hayden W. Wheeler & Co. watch and jewelry wholesale house on Maiden Lane, New York City
772 - “H. W. Wheeler Co.’s. Special Bridge Watches” or “H. W. W. Specials” made by Hamilton
772 - Pendant-set, Wheeler bridge model watches
772 - Adjustment markings on Hamilton
773 - First Run 75001-76000
774 - Hamilton’s serial numbers and finish dates
775 - Damaskeening patterns in first run of Wheeler bridge movements
776 - Hamilton’s second run 175001-176000
776 - Hamilton’s third run 275001-276000
777 - Hamilton four-footed dials on Wheeler bridge movements
777 - H. W. Wheeler signed cases
779 - Ball Orders 18-size motor barrel watches from Hamilton
779 - Hamilton-Ball 18-size motor barrel runs, table of
780 - Illinois Stuart No. 56 rework