Pocket Watch Database

Charles Schwitter

Brooklyn

Charles Schwitter Image

Initial Marking: CS

Location: Brooklyn

Years of Operation: 1877-1905

Successor: Fidelity Watch Case Co.

Case marks typically feature "CS" or "Schwitter" in an elegant rectangle with 4 apexes. Schwitter operated the business under his name except for c.1878-1880 when he took on partner Peter Ranaud and 1888-1896 when he operated the Fidelity Watch Case Co.

Charles Schwitter operated under his own name multiple times during his career. A noteable break in this business was when he incorporated and operated the Fidelity Watch Case Company from 1888 to 1896.

Schwitter may have also partnered with Mr. Martin in the early 1880s. The February 1883 issue of The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review reported:

"The firm of Schwitter & Martin, makers of watch cases, has dissolved, and is succeeded by Martin & Tissot, who will continue the business. Mr. Schwitter having resumed business relations with Charles Glatz."

Schwitter incorporated the Fidelity Watch Case Company in 1888. The company operated for nearly a decade befroe failing in 1896 following the death of company treasurer A.G. Funck.

Schwitter continued to manufacture cases in a limited capacity under his own name, operating from 28 Cumberland St. in Brooklyn.

Charles Schwitter died in 1905.

Case Grades

Note: This chart is not intended to be a comprehensive list of grades. Some grades changed traits over time and other grades may not be listed. This chart will be improved as additional information is studied.

Image Name Case Material Gold Content Gurantee Source Catalogs Trademarked
Watch Case Marking for Charles Schwitter 14K: Warranted 14K U.S. Assay C.S. in Pointed Cartouche 14K Gold 14K
Watch Case Marking for Charles Schwitter Coin Silver: Schwitter Coin Stair Embossed Coin Silver Coin Silver
Watch Case Marking for Charles Schwitter Coin Silver Patented: Coin Silver Patented Coin Silver