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: | Sterling Silver Waltham Full Hunter Chronograph Pocket Watch Model 1874 £ 495.00 |
 | Antique American Waltham Watch Co. Grade: No 210 1907 7j Working £ 70.00 |
 | A Solid Silver 1898 Open Faced Pocket Watch Waltham Mass £ 55.00 |
 | VINTAGE WALTHAM GOLD PLATE SLIMLINE POCKET WATCH – REQUIRES ATTENTION £ 45.00 |
 | Pocket Watch Waltham Mass Watch Working For Recasing American Made U.S.A £ 50.00 |
 | Waltham Mass Pocket Watch £ 65.00 |
 | Waltham 18s Pocket Watch Spring NOS £ 12.00 |
 | ANTIQUE WALTHAM POCKET WATCH, A.W.W CO, GOLD PLATED, HL BROWN - SHEFFIELD, CASED £ 225.00 |
 | 16s Waltham full hunter gents pocket watch. Runs well. £ 165.00 |
 | Waltham Pocket Watch P S Bartlett 19 Jewel Movement c.1924 WORKING £ 70.00 |
 | Antique rolled gold Waltham pocket watch c1921 £ 100.00 |
 | Antique 1908 Waltham Goldfield pocket watch ~ working. £ 125.00 |
 | WALTHAM A.W.W Co Pocket Fob Watch Movement Mechanical Men’s UNTESTED £ 14.99 |
 | A.W.W. Co / Am Watch Co Waltham Mass pocket watch for spares or repair £ 10.00 |
 | 👀R/R GRADE, GOLD PLATED WALTHAM VANGUARD, 16s, 23Js OPEN FACED POCKET WATCH,FWO £ 295.00 |
 | waltham pocket watch movement Special £ 100.00 |
 | ANTIQUE GOLD PLATED POCKET WATCH A.M WATCH CO WALTHAM FULL HUNTER NOT WORKING £ 95.00 |
 | ANTIQUE WALTHAM ROLLED GOLD POCKET WATCH, GENTS/ MENS, WALTHAM 610, USA c1921 £ 170.00 |
 | Rare Masonic Waltham Octagonal Not Hexagonal Pocket Watch. £ 395.00 |
 | Antique 1890s Waltham Traveller Gold Filled Pocket Watch £ 119.99 |
 | Superb Antique Waltham Vanguard Gents 23 Jewel Pocket Watch. Size 16. 1918. £ 385.00 |
 | 1900s American Waltham Watch Co. (Massachusetts) Silver Gents Pocket Watch #DNW# £ 48.00 |
 | UNUSUAL ANTIQUE WALTHAM GOLD PLATED POCKET WATCH £ 34.99 |
 | Antique 1922 Silver Hallmarked Birmingham Waltham Pocket Watch £ 88.00 |
 | 1883 Birmingham Sterling Silver Waltham Pocket Watch + Key for Restoration #L367 £ 49.99 |
 | 1918 Waltham Grade: 1425 Colonial Pocket 14s Pocket Watch Movement Runs. £ 84.99 |
 | Waltham Riverside Cushion Case Watch £ 170.00 |
 | WALTHAM 1906 POCKET WATCH GRADE 210 GOLD PLATED ENGLISH CASE BY STAR NON RUNNER £ 75.00 |
 | Waltham 1913 Gilt Full Hunter Pocket Watch Serial No 19474280 Spares or Repair £ 100.00 |
 | (ref288CL1) Solid Silver Antique Waltham Pocket Watch and Key Working £ 49.99 |
 | Waltham Antique Grade No. 165 Pocket Watch £ 55.00 |
 | Antique A.W.W Co Waltham Mass Pocket Watch - Working Order A/F £ 55.00 |
 | RARE Hopkins & Hopkins Dublin 1906 Waltham 0S 7J Double Goldplated Pocket Watch. £ 110.00 |
 | Superb Waltham Traveler 7 Jewel Gold/Filled Hunter Pocket Watch. Size 16. 1901. £ 185.00 |
 | Waltham Great War Trench Watch Solid Gold £ 400.00 |
 | Antique Waltham 10ct Solid Gold Pocket Watch & 9ct Gold Fob Chain & Fob Stamped £ 1,650.00 |
 | Antique Waltham Circa 1908 Gilt Open Faced Pocket Watch Serial Number 16466873 £ 105.00 |
 | 29 Waltham & Elgin Pocket Watch Balance staffs, "Popular series 7" NOS, £ 45.00 |
 | Sterling Silver Waltham Half Hunter Pocket Watch Size 16 £ 325.00 |
 | Waltham Grade 420 14s Pocket Watch Movement, Scarce, only 6500 Produced (T238) £ 49.99 |
