Pocket Watch Database
Contributor
taff60
Waurn Ponds, Victoria AU
Member Since
August 16, 2013
Watches
15
Verifications
16
Waltham No. 20
Serial #7191354
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| Manufacturer | Waltham |
| Grade | No. 20 |
| Serial Number | 7191354 |
| Size | 16s |
| Model | 1888 |
| Jewel Count | 7j |
| Setting | Pendant |
| Finish | Gilt |
| Case Material | Silver |
| Case Manufacturer | Alfred Bedford |
| Case Grade/Model | |
| Case Serial # | 776C |
| Case Details | Birmingham, 1889 (Z) Maker- A.B Case is a hinge back and pop off front. The Waltham Watch Company, Waltham, Massachusetts, opened an office in London in 1874. They did not make their own watch cases. The mark A.B stands for Alfred Bedford, manager of the American Waltham Watch Company's London office. He was somehow associated with Aaron Dennison who had left Waltham in 1862 and moved to Birmingham, England, in the early 1870's. In Birmingham he gradually built up a substantial watch case making business under his own name. Because of some lingering bitterness resulting from his departure, Waltham did not like to see Aaron Dennison's name on their English cases; hence the use of Alfred Bedford's A.B mark. (Information from Priestley, English Watch Case Makers 1720-1920 |
| Dial Material | Enamel |
| Dial Type | Single-Sunk |
| Dial Style | Roman |
| Dial Signing Name | A.W.W.Co WALTHAM MASS |
| Dial Details | Now fitted with plain dial. Came with damaged ornate dial with gold accents and red dot hour marks |
| Movement Markings | AWW&Co, Waltham Mass |
Contributed to the database by taff60 on September 6, 2013.
This collection record was most recently edited on March 31, 2014.
This collection record was most recently edited on March 31, 2014.