Pocket Watch Database
Initial Marking: CWMfgCo
Location: Roseville, N.J.
Years of Operation: 1883-1905
Predecessor: Courvoisier, Wilcox & Co.
Successor: Leon Watch Case Co.
Specialized in manufacturing gold cases. Reorganized as the "Courvoisier-Wilcox Watch Case Co." in 1894. The company went into receivership in 1905.
Around 1892, the company became the sole selling agents for the gold-filled cases manufactured by the Essex Watch Case Company. Within a few years, the company had absorbed Essex to offer a line of gold-filled cases, sold under the "Essex" name.
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