Pocket Watch Database

Important Note

The United States Watch Co. of Waltham, Massachusetts should not be confused with the more common American Waltham Watch Co. If the movement is NOT marked "U.S. Watch Co." or "United States Watch Co." please conduct a lookup under the American Waltham Watch Company.

Location: Waltham, Massachusetts

Years of Operation: 1885-1904

Successor: E. Howard Watch Co. (Keystone)

Purchased by the Philadelphia Watch Case Co., 1901, and consolidated with the E. Howard Watch Co. (Keystone), 1903

Production Jewels: 7-21 Jewels

Production Sizes: 18s, 16s, 6s, 0s

Total Production: 362,000

Average Rarity:

Special Research Assistance: Andy Dervan

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Company Timeline

July 1884

The United States Watch Co. is founded in Waltham, Massachusetts with a capital of $50,000.

1887

The first U.S. Watch Co. movement is produced, a 16s stem-wind 3/4-plate watch with a raised plate. The movement is not successful, and some attribute the lack of sales to the need for a custom case.

Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Friday, April 19, 1901

April 18, 1901

The United States Watch Co. factory is purchased by the Philadelphia Watch Case Co. for $125,000.

1904

The United States Watch Co. is purchased by the Keystone Watch Case Co. and began manufacturing movements for the E. Howard Watch Co. brand.