Reference Library
American Pocket Watch Case Companies
Manufacturer Name | Location | Years of Operation |
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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 |
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 |