Charles Vander Woerd

The Waltham “Crescent Street” Movement: The Model 1870: Woerd’s Patent Ratchet Click

By Nathan Moore

When the "Crescent Street" movement first debuted, it included several new features designed to quickly capture the growing railroad market. These features were detailed in advertisements published by Robbins & Appleton, general sales agents for the American Watch Company. Earliest Crescent Street Advertisement (Robbins &...

Patents & Innovations , Waltham

The Waltham “Crescent Street” Movement: The Model 1870: Woerd’s Patent Micrometric Regulator

By Nathan Moore

Woerd's Patent Micrometric Regulator Fitted on a Waltham Model 1870 Crescent Street Movement When the "Crescent Street" movement first debuted, it included several new features designed to quickly capture the.

Waltham

The Waltham “Crescent Street” Movement: The Model 1870

By Nathan Moore

In 1869, Charles Vander Woerd designed the 18-Size movement that would eventually be known as the "Model 1870" from the "Nashua Department" at the American Watch Company in Waltham. The.

Project: Reconstructed Serial Lookup Database for U.S. Watch Co. Waltham Production

By Nathan Moore

In U.S. Watch Co. Waltham

U.S. Watch Company, Grade 55, 18-Size, Model 1888H, #99685 While sufficient production records exist for most of the larger American watch companies, much of the documentation for smaller companies has been lost to time. Such a fate is true for the United States Watch Company...