Waltham Power Reserve
In 1850, Roxbury, Massachusetts, David Davis, Edward Howard and Aaron Lufkin Dennison formed together the company that would later become the Waltham Watch Company.The revolutionary business plan was to manufacture the movement partsso precisely that they would become fully interchangeable. Based uponthe experience of earlier failed trials, Howard and Dennison wouldeventually perfect and patent their precision watch making machines andcreate the American System of Watch Manufacturing.
American Watch CompanyThe Waltham Improvement Co. merged in January 1859 with the Appleton, Tracy & Co. forming the American Watch Co. (AWCo). In 1860, as President Abraham Lincolnwas elected, the country was in Civil War. Production ground to a halt.However, the company decided to downsize to the lowest possible levelto keep the factory open. It worked: Upon his Gettysburg Address, President Lincoln became the proud owner of a Waltham watch: Model 1857, grade “Wm. Ellery”, serial numberno 67613. This watch is now in the collection of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC
Waltham became the main supplier of Railroad chronometers to the various railroadsin and in as many as 52 other countries of the world. In1876, Waltham disclosed the first automatic screw making machinery andobtained the first Gold Medal in a watch precision contest at thePhiladelphia Centennial Exposition. Not only the American Horologybut also the world owes much to the early members of the Waltham Watchentity, such as Bacon, Church, Dennison, Fogg, H. Marsh, Webster andWoerd for their technical inventions and developments.
American Waltham Watch CompanyIn 1885, after 26 years, the company name changed to American Waltham Watch Co.(AWWCo) where it was to remain for the next 32 years. Most widely knownunder this name, the company would produce some of the finest examplesof pocket watches ever created.
This particular Waltham pocket watch case looks fantastic. The case is in great condition reflecting only minor signs of wear. The case engraving detail is fully preserved and looks fantastic. The Waltham Watch Company dial looks wonderful reflecting all of the detail in the indices and second numbers including the fully functioning power reserve indicator. This watch was timed and cased at the factory per the engraving on the inside of the case. The watch winds and runs well.
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