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Seth Thomas 170
Serial #64900

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Manufacturer Seth Thomas
Grade 170
Serial Number 64900
Size 18s
Model 3
Jewel Count 15j
Setting Lever
Finish Nickel
Case Material
Case Manufacturer No Case
Case Grade/Model Not Presently Cased
Case Serial # Not Presently Cased
Case Details This top plate is from an 1893 18-size Seth Thomas Model 3 private label “J.E. Jarck” pocket watch manufactured with nickel finish, 15 jewels, a micrometric regulator, and grade 170. It was included with my recent purchase of other Seth Thomas pocket watches.

Turner’s Seventh Annual Directory for the Cities of Danville and North Danville for the years of 1892-1893 report that J.E. Jarck was jeweler at 328 Main Street in Danville, and had a residence at 647 Main Street. I also found records of a J.E. Jarck in 1890 and John E. Jarck in 1888 in the Pittston Pennsylvania City Directory who was a jeweler. It’s possible that Mr. Jarck started out living in Pittston Pennsylvania; then moved south over 800 miles to Danville Virginia for a few years, selling his business to a new jeweler.

An advertisement in the Roanoke Baptist Union, Volume 7, Number 6, 1 June 1894, Page 4 for E.P. Sangston, D.R. explains that E.P. Sangston is the “Successor to J.E. Jarck”.

The 1900 U.S. Census recorded information from a John E. O. Jarck living in Northampton Pennsylvania who was a jeweler. This could very well all be the same J.E. Jarck who contracted Seth Thomas to produce the private label pocket watch.
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Dial Type Single-Sunk
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Dial Signing Name No Dial
Dial Details No dial
Movement Markings Seth Thomas
Thomaston, Conn.
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Contributed to the database by SethThomasFan on August 30, 2024.
This collection record was most recently edited on August 31, 2024.