Hot Water posted:LLKJR posted:I found the answer to my question.
Larry
So,,,,,,,,,,will you let the rest of us know the answer?
After Bing and Google searches and adjusting my search string, found an archive of NAWCC.org articles by E. Ueberall and K. Singer concerinig Webb C Ball and RR watches and standards.
Now I understood that Ball Commercial Standard was not approved for railroad service, but I was confused about the missing “Railroad” in the Official Standard.
Discovered that in the beginning, Ball used “Ball Standard”, “Ball Approved”, and various other monikers on watches that had the actual manufacturers name on the movement. The moniker “Official Railroad Standard”, “ORRS” was used on Ball watches marked Ball Watch Company, Cleveland, Ohio sans any identification of the true manufacturer who can be identified by the serial number. The Brotherhood Ball watches, BoLE, BoLF, ORC, would have a the Brotherhood abbreviation in a circle symbol and “Official Standard” on the movement. Non Brotherhood watches would have “Official RR Standard”.
Later watches just used “Official Standard”, so depending on the age of the watch, you could see multiple types of monikers identifying the movement. “Official Standard” does signify approved for RR service.
Larry
