You can then rerun the search using that/those name(s). Looking through the list will provide you with the name(s) of the grade of your interest. This will generate a list of all of the grade runs for that model. For best results, run the search of a model using a percent symbol ( %) in the Grade field. For other grade names, the names or abbreviations aren't necessarily intuitive. 35) as an example, some runs are identified as plain ' 35' while others are identified as ' No 35'. However, the grade names for runs weren't consistently identified. 35) in the query fields, a report is generated showing a summary of the different versions (hunting-case, open-face, etc.) and a full list of runs. Click on ' Search' on the top menu bar to bring up the General Lookup Page page. The NAWCC Waltham Serial Number Database has a search feature that will show the runs of Models, by Grades. This involved several changes in stock and ultimately, in 1923, the banks stepped in and installed new management and a sound financial structure that served Waltham through the Depression and WWII. stepped down in 1883, Waltham had continuing problems with operating capital and loss of market share to new companies.

This manuscript is preserved as a PDF through the generosity of Richard Watkins and can be found here: Īfter Robbins Sr. In addition to the corporate records and interviews, Moore made use of an 1883 manuscript written by W. It was commissioned by Waltham in 1941 and was turned into a case study for the Harvard Business School. This book is in the NAWCC Lending Library. The business history of the Waltham Watch Company is detailed through 1945 in Timing a Century by W.C. by one other company, the National Watch Co. Over the next hundred years or so of its existence, its output of jeweled watches (over 34 million) was only exceeded in the U.S. For convenience of the following narrative, all will be referred to as a single entity, ' Waltham.' It was the first successful company in America to manufacture watches in mass production using machinery to make identical (or at least, near identical) parts.

As can be seen in the articles listed above, the companies had their origins in the 1850's.

This succession of companies (or in some cases, the same company under a different name) made a full line of watches ranging from modest, affordable watches to some of the finest watches made in this country. The watch companies commonly referred to as ' Waltham' have undergone a series of name changes:

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