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# www.antique-pocket-watch.com

> Antique Pocket Watch is the definitive resource for collectors — history, serial numbers, values, repairs, eBay tips and more.

## Ball pocket watch.html

[The Ball Pocket Watch Company | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/ball-pocket-watch.html): History of the Ball Watch Company — formed 1879, responsible for the General Railroad Timepiece Standards after the Kipton disaster.

## American watch industry.html

[The American Watch Industry — Waltham to Hamilton | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/american-watch-industry.html): The full industrial story of American pocket watchmaking: how Waltham invented machine production, how the Civil War created the market, the rise of Elgin, Hamilton, and Illinois, the railroad standard, and the quartz collapse.

## Fake pocket watches.html

[Fake Pocket Watches — How to Spot Them, and Why Some Are Worth Collecting | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/fake-pocket-watches.html): Fake pocket watches — the history of Swiss forgeries, how to identify a fake, names that mimic genuine makers, and why period fakes are now collectible in their own right.

## Breitling watch.html

[The Breitling Watch — Aviation Chronographs, History & Chronology | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/breitling-watch.html): The Breitling watch company — from Léon Breitling's 1884 chronograph workshop to the Navitimer, Chronomat and Cosmonaute. Full history and chronology.

## Buying pocket watches.html

[Buying Pocket Watches — A Complete Guide for Collectors | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/buying-pocket-watches.html): How to buy antique pocket watches — where to find them, how to inspect the movement, dial, case and crystal, condition grading vocabulary, and the right questions to ask before you pay.

## Cylinder pocket watch.html

[Cylinder Escapement Pocket Watches — History & Collecting Guide | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/cylinder-pocket-watch.html): The cylinder escapement dominated quality watchmaking from 1726 to 1850. Learn how it works, which makers used it, how to identify cylinder watches, and what to look for when collecting English and Swiss cylinder pocket watches.

## Calendar watch.html

[Settings of a Calendar Watch Winding Crown | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/calendar-watch.html): How to correctly set a calendar watch — crown positions for winding, date and time setting, illustrated with Rolex Oyster Perpetual and Breitling Chronomat examples.

## Elgin pocket watch.html

[Elgin National Watch Company | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/elgin-pocket-watch.html): The history of the Elgin National Watch Company 1864–1964 — America's largest pocket watch manufacturer, with serial number guide and original watch photographs.

## Deck watch.html

[Deck Watches — Naval Precision Timekeepers | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/deck-watch.html): The deck watch was the navigator's working instrument — a pocket-watch-sized precision timekeeper used to transfer time from the ship's chronometer to the observation deck. Learn their history, makers, and how to collect them.

## Chronograph pocket watch.html

[Chronograph Pocket Watch — History, Types & Collecting Guide | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/chronograph-pocket-watch.html): The chronograph pocket watch explained — from Rieussec's ink-mark timer to the rattrapante split-seconds. History, mechanism, types, notable makers, and what to look for when collecting.

## Fossil pocket watches.html

[Fossil Pocket Watches — Collectors Guide | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/fossil-pocket-watches.html): Fossil pocket watches — history of the brand, Disney collectors club series, limited editions, values and what to look for when buying vintage Fossil watches.

## Hallmarks.html

[English Hallmarks on Pocket Watch Cases | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/hallmarks.html): How to read English hallmarks on antique pocket watch cases — assay offices, date letters, standard marks and maker's marks explained.

## Hamilton pocket watch serial.html

[Hamilton Pocket Watch Serial Numbers | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/hamilton-pocket-watch-serial.html): Complete Hamilton pocket watch serial number table — look up your serial number to find the approximate year of manufacture 1893–1942.

## Hamilton pocket watch.html

[The Hamilton Pocket Watch Co | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/hamilton-pocket-watch.html): History of the Hamilton Watch Company — from Lancaster PA to the 992B Railroad Special, with serial number guide.

## Hampden pocket watch serial.html

[Hampden Pocket Watch Serial Numbers | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/hampden-pocket-watch-serial.html): Complete Hampden pocket watch serial number table 1877–1927.

## Hampden pocket watch.html

[The Hampden Pocket Watch Company | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/hampden-pocket-watch.html): History of the Hampden Watch Company — from the Mozart Watch Company of 1864 to Canton Ohio, the Dueber-Hampden era, railroad grades, special models and the eventual sale to Russia.

## Harley davidson pocket watch.html

[Harley Davidson Pocket Watch — Collector's Guide | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/harley-davidson-pocket-watch.html): The complete guide to Harley-Davidson pocket watches — Franklin Mint series, Bulova 100th Anniversary, South Bend movements, values and what to collect.

## Cheap insurance.html

[Pocket Watch Collection Insurance — Complete Guide | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/cheap-insurance.html): How to insure your pocket watch collection properly. Covers Jewelers Mutual, Chubb/HODINKEE, home contents riders, UK specialist insurers, agreed value vs replacement cost, and documentation.

## Centennial exhibition 1876.html

[1876: The Centennial Exhibition and the American System | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/centennial-exhibition-1876.html): How Waltham's machine-made watches stunned the world at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, why the Swiss sent Jacques David to investigate, and how his secret report saved Swiss watchmaking — the moment the American system changed the trade forever.

## History of the chronograph.html

[Who Really Invented the Chronograph? | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/history-of-the-chronograph.html): The contested origin of the chronograph — Louis Moinet's 1816 compteur de tierces, Nicolas Rieussec's 1821 inking chronograph and the horse races that named it, and Adolphe Nicole's reset-to-zero. A collector's history of the stopwatch's ancestor.

## Abraham louis breguet.html

[Abraham-Louis Breguet: The Greatest Name in Watchmaking | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/abraham-louis-breguet.html): The life, inventions and legacy of Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747–1823) — the tourbillon, the Breguet overcoil, the pare-chute, the Marie-Antoinette watch No. 160, and the Breguet style collectors still prize today.

## Pocket watch history.html

[The History of the Pocket Watch — A Collector's Library | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-history.html): A growing library of detailed, illustrated articles on the history of the pocket watch — the great horologists, the key inventions, the industrial age, and the watches and collectors that shaped five centuries of timekeeping.

## Howard pocket watch serial.html

[Howard (E. Howard) Pocket Watch Serial Numbers | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/howard-pocket-watch-serial.html): Complete E. Howard pocket watch serial number table 1858–1930.

## How to read english hallmarks.html

[How to Read English Hallmarks on a Pocket Watch Case | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/how-to-read-english-hallmarks.html): Step-by-step guide to reading English hallmarks on antique pocket watch cases — identify the silver or gold standard, assay office town, date letter, and year of manufacture.

## Howard pocket watch.html

[The Howard Pocket Watch | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/howard-pocket-watch.html): History of the E. Howard pocket watch company — one of America's earliest and most respected independent watchmakers.

## Illinois pocket watch serial.html

[Illinois Pocket Watch Serial Numbers | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/illinois-pocket-watch-serial.html): Complete Illinois pocket watch serial number table 1872–1927.

## Illinois pocket watch.html

[The Illinois Pocket Watch Company | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/illinois-pocket-watch.html): History of the Illinois Watch Company — from the Springfield Watch Company of 1869 to acquisition by Hamilton in 1927.

## Index.html

[Antique Pocket Watch — Your Complete Guide to Collecting](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/index.html): Antique Pocket Watch is the definitive resource for collectors — history, serial numbers, values, repairs, eBay tips and more.

## Ingersoll watch.html

[The Ingersoll Watch & The Dollar Pocket Watch | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/ingersoll-watch.html): The Ingersoll Dollar Watch — how Robert and Charles Ingersoll put a pocket watch in every pocket, the pin-lever movement, the Mickey Mouse watch of 1933, the British Triumph, and why these are worth collecting today.

## Iwc wristwatch.html

[The IWC Wristwatch — International Watch Company History & Models | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/iwc-wristwatch.html): The IWC wristwatch company — founded by American Florentine Ariosto Jones in 1868, makers of the Portugieser, Pilot's Watch, Ingenieur and Mark XI. Full history and models.

## History of the pocket watch.html

[History of the Pocket Watch | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/history-of-the-pocket-watch.html): The complete history of the pocket watch — from the Nuremberg egg of the 1500s through the golden age of American watchmaking to the quartz revolution that ended an era.

## John harrison longitude problem.html

[John Harrison and the Longitude Problem | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/john-harrison-longitude-problem.html): The extraordinary story of clockmaker John Harrison and his H1–H4 marine timekeepers — illustrated with photographs of the Sinclair Harding H1 replica.

## Thomas mudge lever escapement.html

[Thomas Mudge and the Lever Escapement | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/thomas-mudge-lever-escapement.html): How Thomas Mudge, pupil of George Graham, invented the detached lever escapement around 1754 — the mechanism that would power almost every mechanical watch for two centuries — and how it works.

## John arnold thomas earnshaw.html

[Arnold & Earnshaw and the Chronometer | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/john-arnold-thomas-earnshaw.html): How John Arnold and Thomas Earnshaw perfected the spring detent escapement and turned the marine chronometer from Harrison's costly marvel into an affordable instrument.

## Jean antoine lepine.html

[Jean-Antoine Lépine & the Flat Watch | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/jean-antoine-lepine.html): How Jean-Antoine Lépine's bridge calibre abolished the fusée and the full plate, created the slim pocket watch, and set the template for every modern movement.

## Makers.html

[Pocket Watch Makers — Complete Guide | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/makers.html): Detailed histories and serial number tables for all major American and European pocket watch makers — Waltham, Elgin, Hamilton, Illinois, Hampden, Howard, Patek Philippe, Omega, Rolex and more.

## Mickey mouse pocket watch.html

[Mickey Mouse Pocket Watch | Collector's Guide | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/mickey-mouse-pocket-watch.html): The complete guide to Mickey Mouse pocket watches — from Ingersoll's 1933 original to later Disney editions. History, identification, values and what to look for.

## Masonic pocket watch.html

[The Masonic Pocket Watch | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/masonic-pocket-watch.html): Masonic pocket watches — history, symbolism, the unique Dudley Watch Company, and a complete collecting guide for these highly sought-after fraternal pieces.

## Military pocket watches.html

[Military Pocket Watches — British, American & WWI/WWII Issue Pieces | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/military-pocket-watches.html): Military pocket watches from the Boer War to WWII — how to identify genuine issue pieces, British broad arrow marks, American contract watches, Hamilton 4992B, and collecting values.

## Musical pocket watch.html

[The Musical Pocket Watch | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/musical-pocket-watch.html): Musical pocket watches — how they work, automaton watches, the musical cylinder mechanism, famous makers and a complete collecting guide with photographs.

## New england watch company.html

[New England Watch Company — Trenton Watches & the Bridge to Ingersoll | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/new-england-watch-company.html): History of the New England Watch Company — successor to Waterbury, maker of Trenton-brand watches, and the final link in the chain from the dollar watch era to the Ingersoll takeover of 1914.

## New pocket watches.html

[New Pocket Watches — Buying Guide 2024 | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/new-pocket-watches.html): Buying a new pocket watch? This guide covers the best modern mechanical pocket watches from Tissot, Molnija and Seagull, plus what to expect at every budget.

## Omega watch.html

[The Omega Watch — History, Seamaster, Speedmaster & Chronology | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/omega-watch.html): The history of the Omega watch company, from Louis Brandt's 1848 workshop to the Speedmaster on the moon. Includes the Seamaster Professional and full Omega chronology.

## Open face pocket watch.html

[Open-Face Pocket Watch — History, Types & Collecting | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/open-face-pocket-watch.html): Everything about the open-face pocket watch — how it differs from a hunter case, why the railroad industry chose it, its design variations, and what to look for when collecting.

## Pair cased pocket watch.html

[Pair-Cased Pocket Watches — History, Hallmarks & Collecting | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pair-cased-pocket-watch.html): The pair-cased pocket watch dominated English horology from 1650 to 1800. Learn how pair cases work, how to read their hallmarks, what to look for when buying, and why they remain among the most collectable antique watches.

## Patek philippe pocket watch.html

[Patek Philippe Pocket Watch — History, References & Collecting | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/patek-philippe-pocket-watch.html): Patek Philippe pocket watches — complete guide to the company's history, landmark complications, key reference numbers, the serial number date table, and what genuine examples fetch at auction today.

## Pocket watch accessories.html

[Pocket Watch Accessories — Chains, Fobs, Cases & Care | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-accessories.html): The complete guide to pocket watch accessories — Albert chains, fobs, display cases, pouches, cleaning tools and storage. What you need, what to avoid, and where to buy.

## Pocket watch appraisal.html

[Pocket Watch Appraisal — How to Value Your Watch | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-appraisal.html): How to get an antique pocket watch appraised — insurance vs fair market value, finding a qualified appraiser, the seven factors that determine value, and what a proper appraisal document should contain.

## Pocket watch books.html

[Pocket Watch Books — Recommended Reading | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-books.html): Recommended books for pocket watch collectors — price guides, identification guides, technical references and historical interest. With cover photographs.

## Pocket watch auction records.html

[Pocket Watch Auction Records — Notable Sales & What Makes a Watch Valuable | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-auction-records.html): The greatest pocket watch auction results in history — from the Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication to the world's most valuable American watches. What drives value at the top of the market.

## Pocket watch cleaning.html

[Cleaning a Pocket Watch — Ultrasonic, Hand Cleaning & What Not to Do | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-cleaning.html): How to clean an antique pocket watch correctly. What a watchmaker does when servicing a movement, how ultrasonic cleaning works, what you can safely clean yourself, and the mistakes that damage watches.

## Pocket watch collecting.html

[Pocket Watch Collecting | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-collecting.html): A complete guide to pocket watch collecting — history, what to buy, tips for beginners and experienced collectors alike.

## Pocket watch display case.html

[Pocket Watch Display Cases | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-display-case.html): How to display your pocket watch collection beautifully and safely — glass-top cases, lockable burr walnut boxes, mahogany chests and storage solutions, with photographs.

## Pocket watch fakes guide.html

[Fake Pocket Watches — The Complete Guide to Spotting Fakes | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-fakes-guide.html): A deep-dive guide to fake and misrepresented antique pocket watches: dial fraud, movement swaps, marriage watches, upgraded grades, fake railroad grades, and counterfeit signatures — and how to spot them all.

## Pocket watch gift.html

[Pocket Watch as a Gift — What to Buy and What to Avoid | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-gift.html): Buying a pocket watch as a gift? This practical guide covers what to look for, what to spend, what occasions suit a pocket watch, and how to get engraving right.

## Pocket watch grades.html

[Pocket Watch Grades and Jewels Explained | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-grades.html): What do pocket watch grade numbers mean? How do jewels work in a watch movement? A complete guide to understanding grades, jewel counts, adjustments, and quality markings on antique pocket watches.

## Pocket watch makers marks.html

[Pocket Watch Makers Marks — Illustrated Identification Guide | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-makers-marks.html): An illustrated guide to pocket watch and movement makers marks — over 100 marks from Swiss, German, American, and Russian manufacturers, each with an image of the mark and notes on the maker.

## Pocket watch movement parts.html

[Pocket Watch Movement Parts — Illustrated Reference Guide | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-movement-parts.html): An illustrated reference guide to every component in a pocket watch movement — screws, wheels, pinions, escapement parts, balance, mainspring, and more, with drawings of each part.

## Pocket watch movements.html

[Pocket Watch Movement Types — Full Plate, 3/4 Plate & More | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-movements.html): A complete guide to pocket watch movement types: full plate, three-quarter plate, half plate, bar movements, pillar plate, bridges, and cock — what they mean and how to identify them.

## Pocket watch case.html

[Pocket Watch Cases — Types, Materials, Markings & Sizes | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-case.html): A complete guide to antique pocket watch cases — open-face, hunter, half-hunter; gold, silver and gold-filled; karat marks and hallmarks; American case sizes 0–23; how to open a case safely; and what to look for when buying.

## Pocket watch parts diagram.html

[Pocket Watch Parts — Complete Illustrated Guide | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-parts-diagram.html): A complete illustrated guide to every part of a pocket watch — two detailed diagrams showing all 55 numbered components across four assemblies, with full descriptions of how each part interacts.

## Pocket watch parts.html

[Pocket Watch Parts — A to Z | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-parts.html): Complete A–Z glossary of pocket watch parts and descriptions — from the balance wheel to the winding stem.

## Pocket watch repair.html

[Pocket Watch Repair — Tools & Techniques | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-repair.html): Complete pocket watch repair guide — every tool you need explained with photographs, from case openers and screwdrivers to loupes, oilers and hand-setting tools.

## Pocket watch serial numbers.html

[Pocket Watch Serial Numbers — Date & Identify Any Watch | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-serial-numbers.html): How to find and use your pocket watch serial number to identify the maker, date of manufacture, grade, and jewel count. Hub page linking all five serial number tables for Waltham, Hamilton, Illinois, Hampden, and Howard.

## Pocket watch storage.html

[Pocket Watch Storage, Winding & Care | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-storage.html): How to store, wind, and care for an antique pocket watch collection. Humidity control, display options, winding schedules, and what to avoid to keep your watches running and in top condition.

## Pocket watch value.html

[Antique Pocket Watch Value | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-value.html): How to determine the value of an antique pocket watch — condition grades explained, supply and demand, and how eBay can help.

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## Railroad pocket watch.html

[The Railroad Pocket Watch | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/railroad-pocket-watch.html): The story of the railroad pocket watch — how the 1891 Kipton disaster and Webb C. Ball's General Railroad Timepiece Standards changed American watchmaking forever.

## Repeater pocket watch.html

[The Repeater Pocket Watch | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/repeater-pocket-watch.html): The repeater pocket watch — history, how the mechanism works, types from quarter to minute repeater, famous makers and collecting guide, with photographs.

## Repeater wristwatch.html

[Repeater Wristwatches — The Minute Repeater in Wristwatch Form | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/repeater-wristwatch.html): The minute repeater wristwatch: how the complication works, its history from pocket watch to wrist, the technical challenges of miniaturisation, and the great makers.

## Rockford pocket watch.html

[The Rockford Watch Company | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/rockford-pocket-watch.html): History of the Rockford Watch Company — from Cornell Watch Company roots in 1874 to closure in 1915. Grades, serial numbers, railroad watches and collecting guide.

## Rolex oyster.html

[The Rolex Oyster Watch — History, Models & Chronology | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/rolex-oyster.html): The Rolex Oyster watch — Hans Wilsdorf, the waterproof case, Mercedes Gleitze and the complete Rolex chronology from 1905 to the present. Submariner, Datejust, GMT-Master and Daytona.

## Seth thomas pocket watch.html

[Seth Thomas Pocket Watch — History, Models & Values | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/seth-thomas-pocket-watch.html): The complete history of Seth Thomas pocket watches — from the Plymouth Hollow factory of 1853 to the Thomaston era, railroad grades, the Maiden Lane series, and what collectors look for today.

## Sinclair harding.html

[Sinclair Harding — Makers of Fine English Clocks | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/sinclair-harding.html): Sinclair Harding of West Yorkshire — one of Britain's finest clockmakers. History, clock collection, the H1 replica and the new SH Bray Watch. Visit clockmakers.com.

## Sitemap.html

[Site Index — Every Page on Antique Pocket Watch | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/sitemap.html): Complete index of every page on Antique-Pocket-Watch.com — pocket watch guides, maker histories, serial number tables, hallmarks, eBay tools, repair, values and more.

## Skeleton pocket watch.html

[Skeleton Pocket Watch — History, Collecting & Values | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/skeleton-pocket-watch.html): The skeleton pocket watch — where engineering becomes art. History from Caron to Breguet, the skeletonisation process, what to look for, and current collecting values.

## Solar powered watches.html

[Solar-Powered Watches — Citizen Eco-Drive and Light-Powered Technology | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/solar-powered-watches.html): How solar-powered watches work: the history of Citizen Eco-Drive, light-to-electricity conversion, power reserve, and a guide to the main solar watch lines.

## South bend pocket watch.html

[The South Bend Watch Company — Studebaker, Polaris & the Purple Ribbon Watch | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/south-bend-pocket-watch.html): History of the South Bend Watch Company — the Studebaker family, the Purple Ribbon Watch, Polaris railroad grade, serial numbers and collecting guide.

## Swiss watch industry.html

[The Swiss Watch Industry — Vallée de Joux to the Quartz Crisis | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/swiss-watch-industry.html): The story of the Swiss watch industry: from Calvinist Geneva and the Jura mountain workshops to the établissage system, the great luxury houses, the American challenge, and the quartz crisis that nearly ended it all.

## Timex pocket watch.html

[Timex Pocket Watch — History, Models & Values | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/timex-pocket-watch.html): Timex pocket watches — from the original Ingersoll Yankee Dollar Watch to the Indiglo Expedition. History, models, values and the story of America's most democratic watchmaker.

## Verge fusee pocket watch.html

[Verge and Fusee Pocket Watches — History & Collecting Guide | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/verge-fusee-pocket-watch.html): The verge escapement with fusee is the earliest type of pocket watch mechanism. Learn how verge-fusee watches work, how to identify them, what they are worth, and what to look for when collecting these historic pieces.

## Waltham pocket watch company.html

[The Waltham Pocket Watch Company — Scientific American, 1881 | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/waltham-pocket-watch-company.html): The Waltham Pocket Watch Company — a complete account of the factory, machinery and 3,746 operations required to make a Waltham watch. Reproduced from Scientific American, August 1881.

## Waltham pocket watch serial.html

[Waltham Pocket Watch Serial Numbers | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/waltham-pocket-watch-serial.html): Complete Waltham pocket watch serial number table — look up your serial number to find the year of manufacture from 1852 to 1957.

## Waltham pocket watch.html

[American Waltham Pocket Watch Company | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/waltham-pocket-watch.html): The complete history of the American Waltham Watch Company — from its 1850 founding to the final movement in 1957, with rare Victorian factory engravings.

## Waterbury pocket watch.html

[Waterbury Pocket Watch — The Long Wind & the Dollar Watch | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/waterbury-pocket-watch.html): History of the Waterbury Watch Company — the revolutionary long-wind movement of 1880, the Series A through N watches, the dollar watch era, and the transition to the New England Watch Company and Ingersoll.

## Watch papers.html

[Watch Papers: The Hidden Art Inside the Case | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/watch-papers.html): Watch papers — the little printed and hand-cut discs tucked inside pair-cased pocket watches. What they were for, how watchmakers turned them into advertising and repair records, the love tokens hidden among them, and why they are now an affordable collecting field of their own.

## Watch winders.html

[Watch Winders — How They Work and Whether You Need One | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/watch-winders.html): Everything you need to know about watch winders for automatic wristwatches — how they work, types of winder, turns per day, direction settings, and who really needs one.

## Wrist watches.html

[Wrist Watches — Brand Guides, History & Articles | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/wrist-watches.html): Wristwatch brand guides, history and articles — Breitling, Rolex, Omega, IWC, Cartier, Oris and more. Written for people who also love pocket watches.

## Pocket watch serial lookup.html

[Pocket Watch Serial Number Lookup — Free App | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/pocket-watch-serial-lookup.html): Free instant pocket watch serial number lookup. Enter a Waltham, Hamilton, Elgin, Illinois, Hampden or E. Howard serial number to find year, grade, and live eBay prices. Installable app — works offline.

## About.html

[About This Site | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/about.html): About Antique-Pocket-Watch.com — who writes it, why it exists, and the editorial standards behind a collector-run reference resource on antique and vintage pocket watches.

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[Contact | Antique Pocket Watch](https://www.antique-pocket-watch.com/contact.html): Contact Antique-Pocket-Watch.com — get in touch with questions, corrections, or image permission enquiries about antique and vintage pocket watches.