Crescent St., 18-Size, Key-Wind, Key-Set, Gilt Plates, 15 Jewels, Woerd's 1870 Patent Regulator, Gold Balance Screws, c.1871. Under Dial. Sometimes, the more interesting things in horology are not readily seen..
Advertisement excerpt for the Model 1870 Crescent Street from the 1870 Joseph Gardner Catalog.
Crescent St., 18-Size, Key-Wind, Key-Set, Gilt Plates, 15 Jewels, Woerd's 1870 Patent Regulator, Gold Balance Screws, c.1871. The Waltham Model 1870 Crescent Street was the first watch to be advertised.
Grade 41, Size 18, Open Face, Lever-Set, c.1895 The New York Standard Watch Company specialized in inexpensive watches for the low-end market. As a result, most have been “trashed” over.
In 1911, the Hamilton Watch Company published a beautiful booklet with a simple dedication: “To the railroad men of America, that most efficient body of men who have made known.
Organized in April 1864 during the Civil War, the Tremont Watch Company represents an early building block in what would become the massive watch industry in America. A.O. Bigelow and.
