WALTHAM MEN'S POCKET WATCH
INDEX # : 006-T-0891
circa: 1907-1908
CLOCK STYLE Pocket Watch CLOCK NAME N/A MANUFACTURE Waltham (American Watch Co.), Waltham, Mass. CASE MODEL # N/A MOVEMENT TYPE
N/A CASE SIZE & CONSTRUCTION Size 18
Rolled 14kt gold hunter case.LABEL INFORMATION No label, original DIAL INFORMATION 1 ¾" with sweep second hand at bottom of dial MISC. FEATURES
Hunter case has etched farmhouse scene on back, and leaf design on front. ACQUIRED FROM Public auction in Stricklerstown, PA CONDITION WHEN ACQUIRED Not running, hour and minute hands missing, crystal missing. RESTORATION August 1991 - Movement cleaned and oiled, hands and crystal replaced by Mr. Kury, Lebanon, PA. October 1991 - Purchased 14k gold watch chain from an antique shop in New Hampshire.
HISTORICAL DATA
The American Waltham Watch Co. c. 1909
The company was in business from 1851-1957, they operated as the American Waltham Watch Co. from 1859, when Waltham Improvement Co. and the Apppleton, Tracy & Co. merged.
REFERENCES 1. "Official Price Guide to Watches, by Cooksey, Shugart, & Tom Engle, 1990, brief company history on page 8. NOTES N/A Continue with selection:
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