Pocket Watch Database

Wendell & Co.

Chicago, Illinois

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Years of Operation: 1879 - aft.1926

Operated by Maurice and Emanuel V. Wendell. (Took over for their father Charles when he died in 1879). Wendell & Co. operated a jewelry manufacturing factory in Chicago and specialized in engraving and monogramming.

The "Wendell & Co." watch cases may have been manufactured in the Western Watch Mfg. Company factory. Emanuel V. Wendell was one of the key people that organized the Western Watch Mfg. Co. in 1887 to specialize in the manufacturing of solid gold cases.