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Lovely watch and story. This looks a lot like the Constellation I posted on WRUW earlier today. I think this is a treasure and would be well worth servicing.
A beat up little watch I bought from a high school classmate. Crawford? Croton? I can’t remember, but it fascinated me. Much later I began looking for a similar watch. I had no luck , but the search got me started
Great watch. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it, but if it were mine and I intended to wear it, I’d be tempted to have it serviced, but only if you can find a really good watchmaker.
Wouldn’t be for me, but if you like it I wouldn’t be deterred by it’s apparent popularity on socitmedia
RR approval started in the 1870s out of necessity. Standards required high grade accurate movements that could be set to the exact second, white dials with black hands and Arabic numerals. Standards evolved in pocket watches and were applied to wristwatches in 1950s. Quartz rendered the standards largely obsolete.