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Elgin’s Introduction of the “Lord Elgin” Series of Extra Thin Watches

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Elgin “Lord Elgin” Series Advertisement, Published in the June 1908 Issue of The Keystone Shortly after Waltham launched their “Colonial Series” watches in 1907, the Elgin National Watch Company introduced a competing series to capitalize on the growing demand for extra thin watches. In...

Dials , Factories , History , Trends , Waltham

Waltham’s Introduction of the Extra Thin Colonial Series

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Waltham “Colonial Series” Advertisement, Published in the May 1908 Issue of The Keystone The trend of thin watches in America was spurred around 1904 with the introduction of “extra.

Dials , History , Trends , Waltham

The Growing Trend of Metal Watch Dials as an Alternative to Enamel Dials

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Excerpt from the 1909 Waltham Material Catalog Highlighting Metal Dial Options During the 1890s, fancy enamel dials were the fashionable trend in the watch market. After the turn of.

S. LaRose Metal Waltham Replacement Dial

By Nathan Moore

In Dials , History , Parts

Pictured: S. LaRose Metal Waltham Replacement Dial, c.1980s. S. LaRose Inc., the clock and watch supply company that distributed the replica Ferguson Dial featured in the previous post, also supplied standard replacement dials for a variety of American watch movements. These dials were generally produced...

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