Pocket Watch Database
U.S. Watch Co. (Waltham, Mass) Size 16s Model 1888: Overview & Production
Model 1888 Features (Variation 1)
Movement Diagram
Note: Diagrams and photos displayed are intended to serve as a represenation of this model.
Plate cut, finishing style, jewel count, regulator, and other features may differ between grades within the same model designation.
Plate cut, finishing style, jewel count, regulator, and other features may differ between grades within the same model designation.
| Size | 16s |
| Configuration | Openface |
| Plate | 3/4 |
| Setting | Pendant |
| Finish | Gilt or Nickel |
| Notes | Introduced 1888 |
| Model 1888 Image Gallery | |
Model 1888 Features (Variation 2)
Movement Diagram
Note: Diagrams and photos displayed are intended to serve as a represenation of this model.
Plate cut, finishing style, jewel count, regulator, and other features may differ between grades within the same model designation.
Plate cut, finishing style, jewel count, regulator, and other features may differ between grades within the same model designation.
| Size | 16s |
| Configuration | Openface |
| Plate | 3/4 |
| Setting | Pendant |
| Finish | Gilt or Nickel |
| Notes | Introduced 1888 Push to Wind Model |
| Model 1888 Image Gallery | |
Model 1888 Production
| Total Production: | ~6,800 |
| Est. Production Years: | 1888 - 1891 |
| Earliest Serial: | 12,001 |
| Latest Serial: | 20,000 |
| Runs: | ~31 |
| Smallest Run: | 10 |
| Largest Run: | 1,200 |
| Distinctive Grades: | 7 |
Model 1888 Production Segments
| Model 1888 (All Variations): 6,800 ETP | ||
| Unknown: 2,950 (43.38%) | Gilt: 2,300 (33.82%) | Nickel: 1,550 (22.79%) |
| Openface: 6,800 (100.00%) |
| Pendant: 6,800 (100.00%) |
| ?j: 4,450 (65.44%) | 7j: 800 (11.76%) | 10j: 950 (13.97%) | 15j: 590 (8.68%) | 16j: 10 (0.15%) |