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A hunter-case pocket watch is a case with a spring-hinged circular metal lid or cover, that closes over the watch-dial and crystal, protecting them from dust, scratches and other damage or debris. The name originated from England where "fox hunting men found it convenient to be able to open their watch and read the time with one hand, while ...
The Waltham Model 1857 is a watch made by the American Watch Company, later called the Waltham Watch Company in Waltham, Massachusetts. The Model 1857 was first made in 1857. Prior to that year, pocket watches were not made of standard parts and repairing and making the watches was difficult and expensive. The American Watch Company created and ...
A case for a pocket watch, 1870. The outer clamshell protects the watch. The inner layer contains a glass window. The ring is for the attachment of a chain. A usually metal clamshell case for a mechanical watch, [1] common until the early twentieth century. It is meant to sit around the inner case of the watch. [2]
The Model 23 was a 16-size chronograph pocket watch. The Model 4992b was in a 16-size case with a black dial. It was used as the pocket watch for the U.S. military, featuring a less accurate 21-jewel railroad grade movement. [citation needed] By 1970, 13,086 Hamilton Model 21 Marine Chronometers had been produced.
WALTHAM Premier pocket watch Vanguard Model 1908 16s 23j 10k Gold Filled circa 1943 Made in USA During World War II Waltham was an important contractor for the American military, producing timepieces for service personnel and timing devices for military ordinance, such as bombs and torpedoes, with the company's Waltham, Massachusetts factory ...
A Movado Ermeto watch was a pocket/purse watch manufactured between 1926 and 1985 by Movado in La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland). [1] The model, a joint creation between case maker Huguenin Frères and watch maker Movado, was introduced in 1926. It won the Grand Prix at the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition. [1]
A cigar cutter watch fob is a decorative and utilitarian pendant that is attached to the opposite side of a chain as a pocket watch. It is used to cleanly cut the end of a cigar so it burns evenly. Pocket watches were the most common type of portable timepiece from their invention in the 1500s [ 2 ] [ 3 ] right up until the advent of the ...
The 1876 date is actually the founding date of the Columbus Watch Company, and the 1874 date is actually the year that Dietrich Gruen's first patent was issued. By the mid-twenties, Gruen’s sales had reached over five million dollars. In total sales, it had become the largest watch company in the U.S., as well as first in the average watch price.