Waltham Pocket Watches: a short history
Waltham Pocket Watches are readily available and relatively inexpensive, even for a working model in good condition, so they are a great watch to start a collection.
The American Waltham Watch Company was the first company to mass produce watches in the USA. The company was started in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1851 as the American Horologue Company and then went through various name changes. In 1854 when its new factory was built in Waltham, Massachusetts and despite more name changes the watches started to bear the name Waltham somewhere on its movement.
Waltham finally ceased manufacturing in 1957, but in its time it had made more than 35 million watches. Many of the watches were intended for the mass market so were low to medium quality, although Waltham also produced some excellent watches.
Waltham Pocket Watches are readily available and relatively inexpensive, even for a working model in good condition, so they are a great watch to start a collection. In fact, many collectors specialise only in this watch.
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On eBay UK: | Antique gold plated Gents Waltham Mass Pocket Watch c1920 W/O Ref3918 £ 42.00 |
 | Antique Solid Silver Gents Waltham Mass Pocket Watch 1896 W/O Ref3931 £ 64.00 |
 | Antique Solid Silver Gents Waltham Mass Broadway Pocket Watch 1892 Ref3934 £ 40.00 |
 | Antique Waltham Pocket Watch M:1894 Gr:210 1922 Gold Filled Open Face Working £ 65.00 |
 | Mens Vintage Waltham ( American Wat Rolled Gold Pocket Watch Hand-Wind Working £ 59.99 |
 | Antique Solid Silver Gents Waltham Mass Traveler Pocket Watch 1901 W/O Ref3934 £ 70.00 |
 | Antique Solid Silver Gents Waltham Mass Pocket Watch 1899 W/O Ref3935 £ 85.00 |
 | 👀⭐R/R GRADE, GOLD PLATED WALTHAM, GR:645, 16s, 21Js OPEN FACE POCKET WATCH,FWO⭐ £ 190.00 |
 | Vintage Style Waltham Norman Pocket Watch, Working £ 42.00 |
 | gents waltham watch £ 50.00 |
 | Antique American Waltham 14k Gold Plated Full Hunter Pocket Watch. Decorative Ca £ 175.00 |
 | STUNNING ANTIQUE WALTHAM TRAVELER ROLLED GOLD POCKET WATCH 1912 vintage £ 125.00 |
 | WALTHM POCKET WATCH, HALF -HUNTER, FULL WORKING ORDER, 14CT GOLD FILLED,50.6 MM £ 165.00 |
 | Antique Solid Silver Gents Waltham Mass Traveler Pocket Watch 1924 W/O Ref3708 £ 70.00 |
 | WALTHAM VANGUARD 23 JEWELS 16 SIZE £ 265.00 |
 | ANTIQUE WALTHAM FULL HUNTER GOLD FILLED POCKET WATCH WORKING 5CM FREEPOST UK £ 100.00 |
 | Waltham Pocket Watch & Watch Balance Staff - Various Calibres - See List - NOS £ 8.95 |
 | Superb Large Silver Waltham Pocket Watch In Good Working Order £ 145.00 |
 | vintage pocket watch waltham silver hallmarked 19672279 £ 38.00 |
 | Antique Solid Silver Gents Waltham Mass Pocket Watch 1883 W/O Ref3760 £ 75.00 |
 | GORGEOUS WALTHAM VANGUARD 23 JEWELS 16 SIZE £ 300.00 |
 | Waltham P.S. Bartlett Silverine Pocket Watch - working condition. 1910 -155grm £ 110.00 |
 | Waltham Colonial Pocket Watch Movement - Grade 209 - Model 1924 Col.b - Repair £ 19.99 |
 | WALTHAM VANGUARD 23 JEWELS 16 SIZEMODEL 1908 £ 315.00 |
 | Antique American Waltham Gold Plated Full Hunter Pocket Watch Puritan £ 90.00 |
 | Antique Waltham Pocket Watch - USA Collectible £ 150.00 |
 | ANTIQUE WALTHAM ROLLED GOLD POCKET WATCH, GENTS/ MENS, WALTHAM 610, USA c1921 £ 170.00 |
 | waltham pocket watch £ 100.00 |
 | Gents Waltham 15 Jewels Full Hunter Pocket Watch c1929, Good Condition, Working. £ 135.00 |
 | ANTIQUE VICTORIAN SILVER WALTHAM MASS POCKET WATCH 1876 SPARES OR REPAIRS 100 G £ 45.00 |
 | Two Vintage Pocket Watches, Waltham Travel & a TREE Dover St. (WORKING) £ 130.00 |
 | 👀SILVEROID SCREWCASED WALTHAM CRESCENT St 16s, 21Js OPEN FACE POCKET WATCH,FWO £ 220.00 |
 | Antique Waltham Circa 1908 Gilt Open Faced Pocket Watch Serial Number 16466873 £ 105.00 |
 | waltham pocket watch £ 100.00 |
 | Waltham Riverside 21 j USA 1621 vintage pocket watch Art Deco railway needs stem £ 145.00 |
 | Waltham 16's pocket watch balance complete - nos - vintage watch part £ 49.99 |
 | Waltham pattern number 3 stopwatch pocket watch miltary vintage £ 50.00 |
 | 43.1mm Waltham Grade 1609 Model 1908 Premier 16S Pocket Watch Movement FOR PARTS £ 9.99 |
 | Antique 1908 Waltham Goldfield pocket watch ~ working. £ 125.00 |
 | Gold Filled Waltham Mass Pocket Watch Working Order Antique circa 1921 £ 129.00 |
