021-T-1291

WESTCLOX MEN'S POCKET WATCH
INDEX # : 021-T-1291

circa: 1949-1970

CLOCK STYLE Pocket Watch

CLOCK NAME Bull's Eye

MANUFACTURE Westclox, La Salle, Ill..

CASE MODEL # N/A

MOVEMENT TYPE

90001, Non-Jeweled, "dollar watch" movement.

CASE SIZE & CONSTRUCTION Size 16

LABEL INFORMATION No label, original.

DIAL INFORMATION White enamel dial with black Arabic numerals. Sunken seconds bit at bottom of dial. Dial inscribed "Bullseye".

MISC. FEATURES Silver colored open face case, stem wind, stem set.

ACQUIRED FROM Gift from my parents in December 1991.

CONDITION WHEN ACQUIRED Timepiece in running order, crystal missing, seconds hand missing.

RESTORATION February 1992 - Movement cleaned and oiled, seconds hand and crystal replaced by Mr. Kury, Lebanon, PA.
January 1993 - Purchased watch chain at the "Antique Mall" in Maysville, PA.

HISTORICAL DATA

Pocket Watch was owned by my Great Uncle Albert (mother's side of family).

Charles Stahlberg founded the United Clock Co. in 1884 in La Salle-Peru, Ill. He was originally from Waterbury, Conn. The company went bankrupt in 1885, after which F.W. Matthiessen acquired the plant and formed the Western Clock Manufacturing Company. Sometime after 1925 the company changed it's name to the Western Clock Company. They became a division of the General Time Instruments Division in 1930. In 1936, the company was again renamed to Westclox (a name that was formerly their trademark). The first Westclox pocket watch was produced around 1899, but the Westclox name did not appear on their watches until 1906. By 1903, the company boasted over one million alarm clocks were being produced each year, and in 1920 it is said their production was about 15,000 watches a day. Operations continued as Westclox under General Time Instruments Corp., (which is a subsidiary of Talley Industries of Seattle, Wa.) and I believe they manufactured Westclox timepieces in their factory in Athens, GA. as well as the plant in LaSalle, Ill. The company was famous for their "Big Ben" and Little Ben" alarm clocks.

The top image is a hand drawn picture of the Western Clock Company factory in La Salle-Peru, Ill c.1910
The bottom image is a photograph of the Western Clock Company factory c. 1909.

REFERENCES 1. "Official Price Guide to Watches" by Cooksey, Shugart & Tom Engle, 1990, page 267.
2. "Illinois Horology - A Brief View into the Land of Lincoln", Andrew Hayes Miller & Dalia Maria Miller, 1977.

NOTES N/A

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CLOCK STYLE	Pocket Watch
CLOCK NAME	Bull's Eye
MANUFACTURE	Westclox, La Salle, Ill..
CASE MODEL #	N/A
MOVEMENT TYPE	90001, Non-Jeweled, "dollar watch" movement.
CASE SIZE & CONSTRUCTION	Size 16
LABEL INFORMATION	No label, original.
DIAL INFORMATION	White enamel dial with black Arabic numerals. Sunken seconds bit at bottom of dial. Dial inscribed "Bullseye".
MISC. FEATURES	Silver colored open face case, stem wind, stem set.
ACQUIRED FROM	Gift from my parents in December 1991.
CONDITION WHEN ACQUIRED	Timepiece in running order, crystal missing, seconds hand missing.
RESTORATION	February 1992 - Movement cleaned and oiled, seconds hand and crystal replaced by Mr. Kury, Lebanon, PA. January 1993 - Purchased watch chain at the "Antique Mall" in Maysville, PA.
HISTORICAL DATA	Pocket Watch was owned by my Great Uncle Albert (mother's side of family). Charles Stahlberg founded the United Clock Co. in 1884 in La Salle-Peru, Ill. He was originally from Waterbury, Conn. The company went bankrupt in 1885, after which F.W. Matthiessen acquired the plant and formed the Western Clock Manufacturing Company. Sometime after 1925 the company changed it's name to the Western Clock Company. They became a division of the General Time Instruments Division in 1930. In 1936, the company was again renamed to Westclox (a name that was formerly their trademark). The first Westclox pocket watch was produced around 1899, but the Westclox name did not appear on their watches until 1906. By 1903, the company boasted over one million alarm clocks were being produced each year, and in 1920 it is said their production was about 15,000 watches a day. Operations continued as Westclox under General Time Instruments Corp., (which is a subsidiary of Talley Industries of Seattle, Wa.) and I believe they manufactured Westclox timepieces in their factory in Athens, GA. as well as the plant in LaSalle, Ill. The company was famous for their "Big Ben" and Little Ben" alarm clocks. The top image is a hand drawn picture of the Western Clock Company factory in La Salle-Peru, Ill c.1910 The bottom image is a photograph of the Western Clock Company factory c. 1909.
REFERENCES	1. "Official Price Guide to Watches" by Cooksey, Shugart & Tom Engle, 1990, page 267. 2. "Illinois Horology - A Brief View into the Land of Lincoln", Andrew Hayes Miller & Dalia Maria Miller, 1977.
NOTES	N/A