Dave Bush   34 Blossom St.  Portsmouth NH 03801  USA    (603) 436-9721 Email me at Dave@NHwatchsite.com     Waltham 16 size 19 jewel grade 645 railroad watch Item WW788 Price $295      
    This is a 16 size with an outer case diameter of 50mm(2 inches)        

Excellent bold numbered double sunk white porcelain enamel dial   Has glass crystal
 
      It is running well with good motion and keeping good time as it has been professionally cleaned and oiled
 
      The movement is signed "A.W.W.Co., Waltham Mass., 19 jewels adjusted 5 positions, 645" and has raised gold jewel settings, gold timing screws on the balance, and gold center wheel, as well as highly polished steel surfaces

The model 645 was mostly made with 21 jewels, this variation with 19 jewels does not turn up too often, it has the jeweled mainspring barrel
  It fills all of the requirements of a railroad watch in any era
 
 
 

It is lever setting to set the hands- that is, there is a little lever at the edge of the dial at about the 1:00 position that you pull out away from the dial, at which time if you turn the winding crown the hands will move.  Push it back in, and now turning the winding crown will again wind the watch.  This lever setting system was required on all railroad grade watches so that you would not accidentally change the time when you were winding the watch   You can see the lever in the out position at the 1:00 in the photo above

          
 
    
 
 
     
   
     
         

 
The case is signed "Warranted 20 years", it is gold filled

As you often find with railroad grade watches, this case is not the original one - railroad watches were working watches and often have been through several cases in their lifetimes  
Manufacturer's movement serial number dates this watch to about the year 1908  
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        Dave Bush   34 Blossom St.  Portsmouth NH 03801  USA    (603) 436-9721 Email me at Dave@NHwatchsite.com