Pocket Watch Database
Courvoisier, Wilcox & Co.
Brooklyn
Location: Brooklyn
Years of Operation: 1874-1883
Predecessor: L. & A. Mathey
Successor: Courvoisier & Wilcox Mfg. Co.
Operated as importers of Swiss watches. The April 1880 issue of The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review reported that the company discontinued the sale of American and foreign watch movements to devote efforts to gold case manufacturing.
Prior to 1880, the company operated as importers and jobbers of foreign and American watches. In April 1880, the company discontinued the sale of foreign and American movements to shift to manufacturing solid gold cases [JC, April 1880].
An April 21, 1881 article in the Times Union reported a small factory fire at "Wilcox & Co." at the corner of Doughty and Columbus streets.