Pocket Watch Database

Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Years of Operation: 1920-1925

Manufactured the unusual Mason plate movements

Production Jewels: 19 Jewels

Production Sizes: 14s, 12s

Total Production: ~5,900

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Company Timeline

1920

At age 69, William Wallace Dudley leaves the Hamilton Watch Co. to start his own venture, the Dudley Watch Co.

1922

The first Dudley Watch Co. watches are produced.

February 20, 1925

After struggling financially for several years, the Dudley Watch Co. files for bankruptsy.

1926

P.W. Baker Co. continues manufacturing the unique Masonic watch originally produced by the Dudley Watch Co.

1935

From 1935-1976, the XL Watch Co of New York continued the Masonic watch production.