Mr. Taxi

By the end of the 19th century, every town and hamlet in the U. S. had a different time standard. There were 50 different "times" in use by the various railroads.
Amidst all this confusion, faulty timing caused a series of disasterous railroad accidents. The need for railroad men to have accurate timepieces became painfully evident.
Hamilton watch Company represented one of the solutions. By supplying railroad companies with amazingly accurate timepieces,Swiss Rolex Watches Replica, the Hamilton watch helped to save countless lives. What also helped was the adoption of a standard time plan. The four time zones, namely Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific were set up.
The Hamilton timepieces also played an important role in railroad safety at that time. As a proof of this stands the fact that the Hamilton watch was called "The Watch of Railroad Accuracy". In newspapers there was stated that the personnel of the railroad companies depended upon the precision of these timepieces as a matter of life and death.
The beginning of this watch maker’s history is also marked by the watch book it published. The Timekeeper included descriptions of all the models, as well as relevant data about the timepieces that were produced at that time by Hamilton. People were actually recommended to read this book prior to buying a Hamilton watch, in order to be sure that the right choice was made.
The personnel of the railroad companies were not the only ones to wear these watches. The railroad inspectors were also among the customers of the Hamilton watch company. More than that Read the rest of this entry »