The American Waltham Watch Company, originally founded in 1850 as Howard, Davis, and Dennison, was one of the first companies to mass-produce watch movements in America, making watches more affordable. By the time it closed its doors in 1957, Waltham had produced millions of pocket and wrist watches, compasses, and speedometers.
Pocket watches saw their heyday in the late 19th century, as a wave of investment went into pocket watch design and manufacture. The main reason for this investment was that railroads needed highly accurate, precision timepieces so their locomotive engineers could maintain strict schedules, thus avoiding collisions.
Barry Goldberg’s excellent collection of pocket watches, mostly American models from the late 1800s and early 189… [more]
Tom McIntyre’s reference site on antique watches, especially those made by the American Watch Company (later know… [more]
This simple but impressive site features visually stunning, high resolution photographs of American pocket watch mo… [more]
This virtual museum, created by the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, lets you stroll through tim… [more]
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