Reference Library
American Pocket Watch Case Companies
| Manufacturer Name | Location | Years of Operation |
|---|---|---|
| A. Anzelewitz & Co. | New York | -1914 |
| A. Jaffe & Son, Inc. | New York | 1930-1942 |
| A. Kamion | New York | 1915-1935 |
| A.A. Robert & Foster | Boston, Massachusetts | 1900-1920 |
| A.L. Ducommun | Philadelphia | 1796-1799 |
| A.M. Bachrach | New York | 1900-1920 |
| Adolph Bulova | New York | |
| American Waltham Watch Co. | Waltham, Mass. | 1857-1892 |
| American Watch Case Co. | New York | 1893- |
| American Watch Case Co. of Toronto, Ltd. | Toronto, Ontario | 1893 |
| Andrew K. Shiebler & Son | New York | 1890-1920 |
| Apex Watch Case Co. | New York | |
| Appleton, Tracy & Co. | Waltham, Mass. | 1857-1876 |
| Arnold Robert | Boston | 1889 |
| Arrow Watch Case Corp. | New York | 1922-1923 |
| Association of Silver Case Manufacturers | 1866 | |
| Atlantic Watch Case Co. | New York | |
| Avery & Brown | New York | -1905 |
| Avon Watch Case Co. | Brooklyn, New York | 1930-1940 |
| Baldwin & Co. | Newark, New Jersey | 1850 |
| Ball, Parker & Waters | New York | 1880-1890 |
| Ball, Steffany & Co. | New York | 1870-1875 |
| Bates & Bacon | Attleboro, Mass | 1883-1904 |
| Bay State Watch Case Co. | Boston, Massachesetts | 1889 |
| Bayer, Pretz, Felder & Mills | New York | |
| Becker-Heckman Co. | Chicago, Illinois | 1943 |
| Bell & Co. | Philadelphia | 1866 |
| Bell Watch Case Co. | Cincinnati, Ohio | -1905 |
| Belove Watch Case Co., Inc. | New York | 1943 |
| Bernard Levy | Philadelphia | 1878-1880 |
| Berthoud, A. | Milford, Pennsylvania | 1883-1890 |
| Bigalke & Eckert Co. | New York | 1920-1935 |
| Blauer & Sperry | Chicago, Illinois | 1869-1883 |
| Blauer Watch Case Co. | Chicago, Illinois | 1883- |
| Bojar Co. | Providence, Rhode Island | 1931-1940 |
| Booz & Co. | Philadelphia | 1882-1888 |
| Booz & Hagstoz | Philadelphia | 1869-1874 |
| Booz & Thomas | Philadelphia | 1875-1882 |
| Boss Watch Case Co. | Chicago, Illinois | 1894- |
| Boston Watch Case Co. | Boston, Massachusetts | 1884 |
| Bowman | New York | 1850-1857 |
| Bowman & Everts | New York | 1846-1850 |
| Brennan, Michael | Philadelphia | 1884-1886 |
| Brooklyn Standard Watch Case Co. | Brooklyn, New York | 1931-1940 |
| Brooklyn Watch Case Co. | Brooklyn | 1865-1890 |
| Buckley, Preston & Tracy | New York | 1835-1837 |
| Byron L. Strasburger & Co. | New York | 1889 |
| C. & C.P. Warner | Philadelphia | 1839-1861 |
| C. & E. Tracy | Philadelphia | 1850-1853 |
| C. Jacot & Bro. | Philadelphia | 1852-1871 |
| C.A. Pequignot | Philadelphia | 1854-1884 |
| C.E. Hall & Co. | Boston, Massachusetts | 1860 |
| C.K. Colby | New York | 1900- |
| C.R. Smith & Sons | 1880 | |
| C.W. Westphal | Philadelphia | 1801-1810 |
| California Watch Case Co. | Berkeley, California | 1876 |
| Camm Watch Case Co. | New York | 1899 |
| Capital Watch Case Co. | New York | |
| Catlin | New York | 1861 |
| Celestine Jacot | Philadelphia | 1839-1852 |
| Central Watch Case Co. | ||
| Charles C. Glatz | New York | 1863 |
| Charles L. Thiery | New York | 1844-1853 |
| Charles L. Thiery | Boston, Massachusetts | 1844-1860 |
| Charles Schwitter | New York | 1877-1878 |
| Chas H. Stone | New York | 1900-1920 |
| Chicago Watch Case Co. | Chicago | 1882-1885 |
| Cohen & Co. | Chicago | 1881-1882 |
| Colby & Johnson | 1879 | |
| Commodore Watch Case Co. | New York | 1930-1940 |
| Constant Gigon | Philadelphia | 1837-1840 |
| Courvoisier & Berthoud | Milford, Pennsylvania | 1877-1883 |
| Courvoisier & Wilcox | Brooklyn | 1875-1883 |
| Courvoisier & Wilcox Manufacturing Co. | Brooklyn | 1883-1892 |
| Crescent Watch Case Co. | Brooklyn | 1882-1904 |
| Criterion Watch Case Co. | Brookly, New York | 1900- |
| Crosby & Mathewson | 1860 | |
| Cross & Beguelin | New York | |
| Crowell & Dunkerly | Philadelphia | 1855-1856 |
| D. Bournique | Middletown, Pennsylvania | 1865-1866 |
| D. Ornstein & Son, Inc. | New York | 1920-1940 |
| D.T. Warren & Co. | 1860 | |
| David Louis Huguenin | Philadelphia | 1820-1833 |
| David Marx | New York | -1915 |
| Denver Watch Case Co. | Denver, Colorodo | 1920-1940 |
| Diel Watch Case Co. Inc. | New York | 1920-1940 |
| Dubois Watch Case Co. | Brooklyn | 1887-1890 |
| Ducret & Leichty | Philadelphia | 1855-1860 |
| Dueber Watch Case Mfg. Co. | Canton, Ohio | 1873-1890 |
| Duhme & Co. | Cincinnati | 1871-1889 |
| Durand & Carter | Newark, New Jersey | 1850-1855 |
| Durand & Co. | Irvington, New Jersey | 1834-1836 |
| E. & J. Droz | New York | 1837-1845 |
| E. Imhauser Co. | New York | 1920 |
| E. Tracy | Philadelphia | 1857-1876 |
| E.A. Jeanneret | New York | 1878-1884 |
| E.A. Muckle | Rockford, Illinois | 1885 |
| Edward Perret | New York | 1814-1845 |
| Elegant Watch Case Co. | New York | 1924 |
| Elgin Giant Watch Case Co. | Elgin, Illinois | |
| Elgin Watch Case Co. | ||
| Elless Watch Case Co. | Philadelphia | |
| Emerson Watch Case Co. | New York | 1920-1930 |
| Erie Watch Case Co. | New York | 1920-1930 |
| Essex Watch Case Co. | Newark, New Jersey | 1884- |
| Fahys Watch Case Co. | New York City | 1857-1931 |
| Fellows & Co. | 1860 | |
| Fidelity Watch Case Co. | New York | 1888-1900 |
| Fitzgerald & Smith | Philadelphia | |
| Fontenbach Bros. | Carlstadt, New Jersey | 1861-1878 |
| Francis Dubois | Brooklyn | 1840-1857 |
| Frank Doll | Cincinnati | 1857-1872 |
| G. Gigon | Philadelphia | 1867-1869 |
| George Courvoisier | New York | 1836-1839 |
| George L. Wait | Philadelphia | 1856-1858 |
| George W. Ladd | Providence, Rhode Island | 1867-1883 |
| Gigon & Co. | Philadelphia | 1863-1881 |
| Gigon & Co. (Alfred Humbert) | Philadelphia | 1869-1881 |
| Gigon & Seydel | Philadelphia | 1855-1859 |
| Globe Watch Case Co. | 1894 | |
| Goldsmiths Company of Canada, Ltd. | Ontario, Canada | |
| Gruen National Watch Case Co. | Cincinnati | 1921-1958 |
| H. & J.F. Pitkin | Hartford, Conn. | 1840-1852 |
| H. Gerlack | Philadelphia | 1860 |
| H. Muhr & Sons | Philadelphia | 1884 |
| H. Tissot & Co. | New York | 1887 |
| H.A. Wadsworth & Co. | Newport, Kentucky | 1889-1892 |
| H.W. Johns Manville Co. | New York | -1915 |
| Hagstoz & Thorpe | Philadelphia | 1875-1883 |
| Harbor Watch Case Co., Inc. | Sag Harbor, New York | |
| Harper & Co. | Philadelphia | 1857-1859 |
| Harper & McClelland & Gill | Philadelphia | 1850 |
| Harper & McLean | Philadelphia | 1850-1857 |
| Haydon W. Wheeler & Co. | New York | 1900 |
| Henry Blank & Co. | Newark, New Jersey | |
| Henry E. Droz | New York | 1845-1870 |
| Henry Freund & Bro. | New York | 1900-1935 |
| Henry Goll & Co. | New York | 1892 |
| Henry May | New York | 1880 |
| Howard Watch Case Co. | Philadelphia | 1883-1884 |
| Hubbard G. Gill | 1864-1875 | |
| I. Ollendorf Co. | New York | 1920 |
| I.D. Watch Case Co. | New York | 1930-1942 |
| Illinois Watch Case Co. | Elgin, Illinois | |
| Imperial Jewelery Co. | New York | 1920 |
| Ira Goddard | New York | |
| Isaac Swope & Co. | New York | -1900 |
| J. Boss | Philadelphia | 1860-1864 |
| J. Laurent | New York | 1863 |
| J. Laurent & Co | Linden, New Jersey | -1878 |
| J. Muhr & Bro. | Philadelphia | |
| J.A. Brown & Co. | Providence, Rhode Island | 1867-1883 |
| J.A. Simpson & Bro. | 1844 | |
| J.B. Rosenblatt | New York | 1910-1930 |
| J.F. Courvoisier | Port Jervis, NY | 1883 |
| J.H. Flyer | New York | 1935-1942 |
| J.M. Harper | 1860 | |
| J.P. Durfey Shiebler Co. | New York | 1900-1920 |
| J.R. Wood & Sons | Brooklyn | 1900 |
| Jackay Jewelers, Inc. | New York | -1940 |
| Jacob Macher | New York | 1891 |
| Jacot & Courvoisier | New York | 1839-1849 |
| Jacot, Courvoisier & Co. | New York | 1849-1856 |
| James M. Durand | New York | 1828-1834 |
| James R. Bartlett | New York | -1915 |
| Jeanneret & Co. | New York | 1884 |
| Jeannot & Co. | New York | 1875-1880 |
| Jeannot & Shiebler Watch Case Co. | New York | 1892 |
| John C. Dueber | Cincinnati | 1865-1873 |
| John Henry | Philadelphia | 1856-1860 |
| John L. Ward | New York | 1832-1850 |
| John S. Warner | Philadelphia | 1829-1837 |
| John Sherwood | New York | 1890-1920 |
| John T. Mauran Mfg. Co. | Providence, Rhode Island | -1915 |
| John W. Sherwood | New York | 1898-1899 |
| John Wanamaker | Philadelphia | 1900-1920 |
| Joseph A. Feiner | New York | 1884-1889 |
| Joseph Blitz | New York | |
| Joseph Daving | New York | 1920-1935 |
| Joseph H. Bauer | Chicago | 1873 |
| Joseph H. H. Penton | New York | 1866-1867 |
| Joseph Schulman | New York | 1924 |
| Juergens & Anderson | Chicago | 1860-1871 |
| Julius & Guinand Favre | New York | 1832-1844 |
| Julius Favre | New York | 1830-1832 |
| Julius Racine | New York | 1889 |
| Kasper & Esh, Inc. | New York | -1940 |
| Katz & Ogush, Inc. | New York | -1940 |
| Keller & Untermeyer Mfg. Co. | New York | 1880- |
| Keller, Ettinger & Fink | New York | -1905 |
| Kenosha Watch Case Co. | Kenosha, Wis. | 1891 |
| Keystone Watch Case Co. | Philadelphia, Riverside, New Jersey | 1875-1956 |
| Knickerbocker Watch Co. | New York | 1890-1930 |
| L. Lewitt & Co. Inc. | New York | 1930 |
| Lachet, Louis | New York, Kansas City | 1860-1890 |
| Ladd Watch Case Co. | Providence, Rhode Island | 1883-1890 |
| Langdon | Boston | 1857-1862 |
| Lapwell Watch Case Co. | New York | -1940 |
| Leichty & Chabot | Philadelphia | 1860 |
| Leichty & Co. | Philadelphia | -1880 |
| Leichty & Deschamps | Philadelphia | |
| Leichty & Le Bouba | Philadelphia | 1880-1884 |
| Lenox Watch Case Co. | New York | |
| Leon Hirsch | New York | 1920-1940 |
| Leonard Krowler & Son, Inc. | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1930 |
| Liberty Watch Case Co. | New York | 1930 |
| Lissauer & Co. | New York | 1866-1890 |
| Louis Eugene Glatz | New York | 1831-1863 |
| Louis Gratz | New York | |
| Louis Mathey | New York | 1825-1839 |
| Low & Courvoisier | Philadelphia | 1853-1855 |
| Lungren & Bell | Philadelphia | 1864-1866 |
| Luther Goddard | Shrewsbury | 1809-1875 |
| M.W. Savage | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| Manhattan Watch Co. | New York | 1883-1895 |
| Manheimer Watch Co. | Chicago, Illinois | 1930 |
| Margot Bros. | Boston | 1863-1881 |
| Martin Metzger | New York | -1915 |
| Martins & Tissot | New York | 1884 |
| Master Watch Case Co. | New York | -1940 |
| Mathey Bros. | New York | 1860-1880 |
| Max Freund | New York | 1885 |
| Max Klaas Corp. | Newark, New Jersey | 1920-1930 |
| May Pinnel & Co. | Newark, New Jersey | |
| Mayclese | New York | -1915 |
| Metropolitan Watch Case Co. | New York | 1890 |
| Metzger, Stein & Co. | New York | -1915 |
| Michael H. Cronin | Philadelphia | 1870-1880 |
| Montgomery Safety Dial Co. | Topeka, Kansas | 1907-1930 |
| Montreal Watch Case Co. | Montreal, P.Q. | -1915 |
| Morris S. Rosenburg | New York | |
| Muckle & Zesinger | Philadelphia | 1865-1872 |
| National Watch Case Co. | Philadelphia | 1888 |
| New England Watch Case & Jewelry Co. | Boston | 1900 |
| New York Gold Watch Case Co. | New York | 1884-1888 |
| New York Watch Case Co. | New York | 1863-1891 |
| Newark Watch Case Co. | Newark, New Jersey | 1889 |
| North American Watch Case Co. | Mansfield, Ohio | 1910-1935 |
| Northwestern Watch Case Co. | Rockford, Illinois | 1875-1883 |
| O'hara Waltham Dial Co., Inc. | Waltham, Massachusetts | 1890-1930 |
| Oliver & Davis | New York | 1900-1915 |
| Otto Fessler & Co. | Newark, New Jersey | |
| Owen & Proud | Waltham, Massachusetts | 1857-1861 |
| P.A. Jeanneret & Co. | New York | 1874-1890 |
| P.W. Ellis & Co. Ltd. | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Patek, Philippe & Co. | New York | |
| Paul, Simon & Phillip | Philadelphia | 1833-1839 |
| Peerless Watch Case Co., Inc. | New York | 1921 |
| Pennsylvania Watch Case Co., Inc. | York, Pennsylvania | 1900-1920 |
| Penton, Ludlam & Underhill | New York | 1865-1866 |
| Pequignet Gigon & Bro. | Philadelphia | 1859-1863 |
| Pequignot & Bro. | Philadelphia | 1860-1885 |
| Perrin Watch Case Co. | New York | 1930 |
| Peter Henry | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Peters & Boss | Philadelphia | 1856-1860 |
| Pforzheimer, Keller & Co. | New York | |
| Philadelphia Watch Case Co. | Philadelphia | 1884-1953 |
| Pinneli, May & Co. | Newark, New Jersey | 1900-1920 |
| Pioneer Watch Case Co. | New York | 1930 |
| Piquet Bros. | New York | 1856-1876 |
| Progress Watch Case Co. | Newark, New Jersey | 1900-1920 |
| Providence Watch Case Co. | Providence, Rhode Island | |
| Queen City Watch Case Co. | Cincinnati | 1900-1921 |
| R. S. Peters & Bro. | Philadelphia | 1851-1852 |
| R.R. Fogel & Co. | New York | -1920 |
| Randolph Peters & Co. | Philadelphia | 1852-1857 |
| Rays Watch Case Co. | New York | 1900-1920 |
| Reese S. Peters | Philadelphia | 1860-1889 |
| Rex Watch Case Co. | New York | 1920-1940 |
| Richard Oliver & Bloomfield | New York | 1900-1915 |
| Robbins & Appleton | Boston, Massachusetts | 1860 |
| Rockford Watch Case Co. | Rockford, Illinois | 1883-1915 |
| Rogers | Boston | 1857 |
| Rogers, Langdon & Went | Boston | 1852-1857 |
| Roseman & Levy | New York | 1890-1920 |
| Rosenzweig Bros. | New York | 1900-1920 |
| Roseville Watch Case Co. | Roseville, New Jersey | 1880 |
| Roy Watch Case Co. | Brooklyn | 1885-1900 |
| S. & D. Jewelery Mfg. Co., Inc. | New York | 1920-1940 |
| S. Anderson | Chicago, Illinois | 1857-1860 |
| S. Bruner | New York | 1930-1940 |
| S.F. Myers Co. | New York | -1915 |
| S.H.H. Penton | New York | 1900-1920 |
| Sag Harbor Watch Case Co. | Sag Harbor, New York | |
| Schwab & Wuischpard | New York | 1920-1940 |
| Schwitter & Renaud | Brooklyn | 1878 |
| Serex & Desmaison | Boston | 1876-1880 |
| Serex & Maitre Bros | Boston | 1869-1876 |
| Serex & Robert | Boston | 1880-1889 |
| Shellcross | Philadelphia | |
| Sipe & Sigler | Cleveland, Ohio | 1900-1920 |
| Sluka Bros. | New York | 1920-1940 |
| Smith & North | New York | 1890-1920 |
| Solidarity Watch Case Co. | Brooklyn | 1885-1931 |
| South Bend Watch Co. | South Bend, Indiana | 1903-1930 |
| Spiro Watch Case Co., Inc. | New York | 1924 |
| Standard Watch Case Co. | Providence, Rhode Island | 1921- |
| Star Watch Case Co. | Ludington, Michigan | 1897-1982 |
| Strauss & Neugass, Inc. | New York | |
| Susstrong, Albert | New York | 1885 |
| T. Zurbrugg & Co. | Riverside, New Jersey | |
| Taylor & Baldwin | Newark, New Jersey | 1836-1840 |
| The Canadian Watch Case Co. | Montreal, Canada | 1900- |
| The Juldar Co. | Duluth, Minnesota | 1924 |
| The Muhr Watch Case Co. | 1850-1890 | |
| Theophilus Zurbrugg | Philadelphia | |
| Thiery & Serex | Cambridgeport, Boston | 1858-1864 |
| Thiery Watch Case Co. | Boston, Massachusetts | 1876-1890 |
| Thomas C. Garrett | Philadelphia | 1834-1844 |
| Tracy & Baker Case Co. | Philadelphia | 1853-1857 |
| Tracy & Co. | Philadelphia | 1840-1850 |
| Tracy & Hulse | New York | 1830-1831 |
| Tracy & Shellcross | Philadelphia | 1853 |
| Tracy & Ward | New York | 1831-1837 |
| Ulysse Savoye | New York Brooklyn | 1818-1856 |
| Union Watch Case Co. | Kansas City, Missouri | 1924 |
| Unknown Case Manufacturer | Various | |
| Van Trump & Silver | Baltimore, Maryland | 1856-1861 |
| Victor Nivois | New York | 1884 |
| W.F. Doll Mfg. Co. | Cincinnati, Ohio | 1857-1872 |
| W.H. Fitzgerald | Brookly, New York | |
| W.J. Gardiner Watch Case Co. Ltd. | Toronto, Ontario | -1920 |
| W.T. Thompson | 1902 | |
| Wachter Mfg. Co. | Hartford, Connecticut | 1900-1920 |
| Wadsworth Watch Case Co. | Newport, Kentucky; Dayton, Kentucky | 1892-1953 |
| Wait & Crocker | Philadelphia | 1858-1862 |
| Ward & Co. | 1860-1885 | |
| Ward & Jennings | Philadelphia | 1859-1860 |
| Warner & Keating | Philadelphia | 1840-1842 |
| Warren & Spadone | 1860 | |
| Wendell & Co. | ||
| Western Watch Case Co. | Chicago | 1892-1900 |
| Wheeler & Parsons | New York | 1869-1920 |
| Willemin Watch Case Co. | Brooklyn | 1882-1887 |
| William & Co. Warner | Philadelphia | 1839-1849 |
| William A. Guinand | 1842-1878 | |
| William Konovitz | New York | -1920 |
| William McNeir | Baltimore | 1834-1846 |
| William Vulcan & Co. | New York | 1924 |
| William Warner | Philadelphia | 1811-1839 |
| Wilmart, Moffat Curtis & Tracy | New York | 1840-1857 |
| Wm. I. Rosenfeld | New York | 1890-1920 |
| Young & Co. | New York | 1828 |
| Z. & G. Gigon | Philadelphia | 1840-1855 |