NAWCC Beginners Guide to Collecting American Made Pocket …
2024年7月27日 · NAWCC's Beginners Guide to Collecting American Made Pocket Watches (click on any image to enlarge) E. Howard Watch Co. (Keystone)Series 5, Model 1907...
Railroad Watch - NAWCC Forums
2009年5月18日 · The term " Railroad Watch " was used by the watch and jewelry trade (and is now used by collectors) to refer those high grade watches that met the requirements of Railroad Time Service rules and standards. The railroad industry, and the railroaders themselves, referred to the watches as " Standard Watches," literally, those watches that met the ...
Hampden Watch Co. - NAWCC Forums
2009年4月30日 · In 1886 his Dueber Watch Case Manufacturing Co. purchased a controlling interest in the Hampden Watch Co. of Springfield, MA to protect the case business from the actions of the developing Watch Trust. In 1888-1889, both operations were moved to a dual, attached set of factory buildings in Canton, OH. The firm then began to advertise itself as ...
Erie Railroad Conductor Pocket Watch - NAWCC Forums
Registered User. Aug 30, 2024. #1. My Great-Great Grandfather Ranson "R.G." Landon was a conductor on the Erie Railroad from 1890 to 1920. His watch has been lost to history. I am interested in purchasing an era accurate conductor's pocket watch from that time period in which he was employed by the Erie.
American Pocket Watches - NAWCC Forums
2024年7月28日 · 551. Next. Come learn with us, Welcome to the American Pocket Watch Forum of the NAWCC - **Please read carefully before posting*********. musicguy. Jul 28, 2024.
Wadsworth Watch Case Co. - NAWCC Forums
2009年5月28日 · Harry Arthur Wadsworth, at the age of 26, had moved from New York City to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1886, going to work at the watch case firm Duhme & Co. Prior to 1889, he moved across the Ohio River to Newport, KY and worked at the Dueber Watch Case Manufacturing Co. Harry then became a partner with J.H. Stegman and they formed the case …
Waltham Watches - NAWCC Forums
2009年5月27日 · Waltham's grade No. 35 is a movement that is frequently underappreciated. It is unknown to novices and even to intermediate collectors. This 15-jewel (and later, 17-jewel), 18-size, model 1883, damaskeened nickel watch tends to remain unnoticed in marts.
Elgin Watch Co. - NAWCC Forums
2009年4月30日 · The Elgin National Watch Co. was the largest American watch company in terms of jeweled movements produced, over 50,000,000 in its approximately 100 years of building watches from 1866 to the 1960s. Following its 1864 start, in which J.C. Adams had a hand, the National Watch Company reorganized, effective Feburary 15, 1865.
Burlington Watch Co. - NAWCC Forums
2009年4月24日 · The Burlington Watch Co., of Chicago, IL, seems to have started up around 1908 and lasted until approximately the mid-to-late 1920s. It was a mail-order sales operation selling directly to the consumer, eliminating the entire distribution and sales network. Almost all of the watches were made under contract by the Illinois Watch Company and ...
Early High Grade Rockford Watches - NAWCC Forums
2015年10月27日 · This watch, with the serial number 1, is a "19 Ruby Jewels" grade. Pictures of it can be found in Roy Ehrhardt's 1980 Price Indicator. The reader might find it interesting that this watch underwent significant alterations over time. Levi Rhoades, first President of Rockford: S/n 90, an example of a model 1 "15 Ruby Jewels" movement.