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: | Waltham 18s Pocket Watch Spring NOS £ 12.00 |
 | victorian / edwardian half hunter waltham pocket watch £ 130.00 |
 | ANTIQUE WALTHAM GOLD PLATED POCKET WATCH - WORKING ORDER - HANDS ARE NOT SETTING £ 69.99 |
 | Waltham Pocket Watch Movement Running Conditon £ 25.00 |
 | Waltham Traveller - Hunter Pocket Watch - Gold - Benison Star - 1913 - Vintage £ 133.00 |
 | Key Wind Silver Waltham Pocket Watch 1885 £ 70.00 |
 | Waltham Pocket Watch - 1906 - Gold Plated - Case By Star - Antique - Vintage £ 93.00 |
 | Antique Solid Silver Gents Waltham Mass Pocket Watch 1928 W/O Ref3838 £ 75.00 |
 | Solid Silver Waltham Farringdon D Pocket Watch Available Worldwide £ 55.00 |
 | Pocket Watch - American Waltham Mass Watch Co - Antique - Albert Chain - Rare £ 127.00 |
 | Big Fat Sterling Silver Waltham Pocket Watch 1888 Key Wound 18S £ 50.00 |
 | R/R GRADE G/PLATED S/CASE WALTHAM VANGUARD, 16s, 23Js OPEN FACE POCKET WATCH,FWO £ 299.00 |
 | Antique Solid Silver Gents Waltham Mass Pocket Watch 1882 W/O Ref3833 £ 85.00 |
 | Antique Waltham open face pocket watch 17jewels just serviced gold filled case £ 195.00 |
 | Vintage Style Waltham Norman Pocket Watch, Working £ 42.00 |
 | Superb Antique Waltham Gold Filled Gents 17 Jewel Pocket Watch. Size 16. 1915. £ 185.00 |
 | vintage early twentieth century steeling ailver pocket watch case only, waltham? £ 14.99 |
 | Waltham USA Pocket Watch £ 49.99 |
 | 👀GRAND, GOLD PLATED WALTHAM CRESCENT St, 16s, 21Js FULL HUNTER POCKET WATCH,FWO £ 220.00 |
 | ANTIQUE WALTHAM ROLLED GOLD POCKET WATCH, GENTS/ MENS, WALTHAM 610, USA c1921 £ 170.00 |
 | VINTAGE WALTHAM GOLD PLATE SLIMLINE POCKET WATCH – REQUIRES ATTENTION £ 45.00 |
 | Waltham RIVERSIDE Pocket Watch Movement - MODEL 1884 - Restoration £ 34.99 |
 | 12s Waltham pocket watch movement working £ 16.00 |
 | 👀⭐VINTAGE, SOLID SILVER WALTHAM, GR:630, 16s, 17Js OPEN FACED POCKET WATCH,FWO⭐ £ 115.00 |
 | waltham pocket watch movement Special £ 60.00 |
 | Waltham pattern number 3 stopwatch pocket watch miltary vintage £ 50.00 |
 | ANTIQUE POCKET WATCH A.M WATCH CO BOND STREET WALTHAM HALF HUNTER - WORKING £ 129.00 |
 | Stunning WW1 Trench 14k Gold Waltham 7 Jewel Hunter Pocket Watch 1914 £ 355.00 |
 | 👀🌟GOLD FILLED WALTHAM, GR:RIVERSIDE, 16s, 17Js OPEN FACED POCKET WATCH,FWO🌟👀 £ 140.00 |
 | Waltham Half 47.11 Hunter Sterling Silver Pocket Watch Soldier Gift £ 224.05 |
 | Waltham Gent’s Pocket Watch Movement Spare Parts/Repair £ 29.95 |
 | Gents Waltham 15 Jewels Full Hunter Pocket Watch c1929, Good Condition, Working. £ 155.00 |
 | GORGEOUS WALTHAM VANGUARD 23 JEWELS 16 SIZE £ 300.00 |
 | gents waltham watch £ 50.00 |
 | vintage pocket watch movement waltham 4821957 £ 14.00 |
 | Waltham 17J Gold Filled Full Hunter Pocket Watch Working £ 225.82 |
 | 1902 Waltham Traveler Full Hunter Pocket Watch, 10yr Gold Case to Restore #L733 £ 59.99 |
 | Mwns Waltham Mechanical Wrist Watch 1907 £ 400.00 |
 | Waltham STAR Rolled Gold 15 Jewel Swiss Open Face Full Hunter Pocket Watch £ 115.00 |
 | METAL SCREW CASED WALTHAM MILITARY 9 JEWELS SWISS LEVER POCKET WATCH WORKING £ 95.00 |
