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2. Waltham Watch Company - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Pocket watch - Wikipedia

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   The more accurate pocket watches continued to be widely used in railroading even as their popularity declined elsewhere. Quartz pocket watches are available in the present day, retaining the form and function of the original pocket watches while using a quartz crystal as opposed to the traditional fully-mechanical movement.

4. Complication (horology) - Wikipedia

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   The company claims that it is the most complicated mechanical pocket watch ever created. The Reference 57260 took eight years to assemble, and has 2826 parts and 31 hands. It weighs 957 g (2.11 lb), and spans 98 millimetres (3.9 in).

5. Waltham Model 1857 - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

6. Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication - Wikipedia

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   On 10 July 2014, Sotheby's announced that in November 2014, the pocket watch would once again be auctioned. [21] On 11 November 2014, the watch was sold in Geneva, Switzerland. The final price, bid by Aurel Bacs serving as proxy for an anonymous entity, reached 23,237,000 Swiss francs, equivalent to US$24 million at the time.

7. List of watchmakers - Wikipedia

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   Jacques-Frédéric Houriet (1743–1830), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle, pocket watch, tourbillon. [1] Jules Jürgensen (1745–1811), Danish watchmaker and manufacturer, Le Locle, pocket watch, longcase clock. Peter Kinzing (1745–1816), German clockmaker and mechanic. Daniel Möllinger (1746–1794), German clockmaker, Heidelberg, city clock maker.