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 USA: | American Waltham Antique Gold Filled Manual Wind Green Dial Men's Pocket Watch $ 299.00 |
 | 1940 Waltham Premier Colonial Grade 217 Model 1924 17J 12S Pocket Watch Runs $ 140.00 |
 | ANTIQUE 16S GOLD FOIL FANCY DIAL 1899 WALTHAM GOLD FILL POCKETWATCH, RUNNING! $ 275.00 |
 | Waltham 16s pocket watch serviced $ 100.00 |
 | Vintage Waltham 17 Jewels Gold Tone Mechanical Pocket Watch Pendant Runs $ 44.99 |
 | Waltham 21 Jewel Adjusted Riverside 16s Antique Pocket Watch 10K RGP Case Runs $ 154.00 |
 | 1901 Waltham Crescent St (mod 1892) 18s 21J RR Pocket Watch w/20Yr Case Running! $ 225.00 |
 | 1908 WALTHAM POCKET WATCH 17103502 GRADE: PS BARTLETT 18s 17j FOR REPAIR (F4H2) $ 74.95 |
 | Vintage American Waltham Pocket Watch 18S 15J Grade 25 Swing out MT. Runs $ 125.00 |
 | Vintage Waltham pocket watch Large Numbers $ 52.99 |
 | BEAUTIFUL 1903 WALTHAM 16S 17J No 630 Mainliner Railroad Pocket Watch Runs $ 195.00 |
 | Vintage Waltham Pocket Watch 15 Jewels Size 18s Open Face Large Case PW PS Works $ 84.95 |
 | Norman Rockwell 100th Year of Baseball Pocket Watch Waltham $ 24.99 |
 | American Waltham Watch Co pocket watch --WORKS PERFECTLY $ 150.00 |
 | Waltham Premier 8 Day Travel Pocket Watch Car $ 54.99 |
 | Waltham 1871 WM Ellery Key Mod 1857 Coin Silver POCKET WATCH 18 7j RUNS Flip $ 199.00 |
 | Antique 1913 Waltham Model 1890 J Pocket Watch Movement Fancy Dial Running 6s 7j $ 99.95 |
 | 1906 Waltham two tone pocket watch, 18S 17J, Grade 825, Serviced November 2023 $ 175.00 |
 | Waltham 16S 21J 645 RAILROAD GRADE Open Face Lever POCKET WATCH Movement $ 97.00 |
 | NICE 1908 Waltham 16S 21J No 645 Mainliner Railroad Pocket Watch Runs $ 295.00 |
 | STUNNING 1919 Waltham 16S 23J Vanguard Display Clear Back Pocket Watch Runs $ 395.00 |
 | Waltham Pocket Watch #6643757; 6 Size Model 1890. Sterling Silver Hunting Case $ 99.00 |
 | 1--AMERICAN--18-SIZE--WALTHAM-POCKETWATCH - BLUED-SECOND HAND $ 5.99 |
 | American Waltham Antique Gold Filled Manual Wind Men's Pocket Watch “Working” $ 150.00 |
 | Waltham Canadian Pacific Railway 1908 18S 17J Antique Railroad Pocket Watch! $ 525.00 |
 | AMERICAN WALTHAM KEY WIND 18 SIZE SILVEROID POCKET WATCH - MODEL 1883 $ 79.95 |
 | Parts Repair Vintage Pocket Watch Waltham 820 18s (W53) $ 34.99 |
 | Waltham 16 size pocket watch $ 55.00 |
 | AWW Co. Waltham Supreme 1487925 15 Jewels Gold Filled Case Pocket Watch $ 99.99 |
 | Antique 1899 Waltham Seaside Grade Pocket Watch Size 6s, 15 Jewels D (VP4018760) $ 199.99 |
 | WALTHAM CRESENT ST. OPEN FACE 16 SIZE 21 JEWEL POCKET WATCH EQUITY DIAL $ 119.99 |
 | waltham pocket watch 20 years warranted working / running $ 149.00 |
 | Antique 18S 1877 Waltham Key Wind Open Face Pocket Watch Broadway Silverine $ 105.00 |
 | 16s - 1897 American Waltham hand winding pocket watch, grade no. 28 $ 35.00 |
 | Waltham 1907 Gr 87 Mod 1883 POCKET WATCH 18s 17j Alternatively PS Bartlett RUNS $ 129.00 |
 | 1876 Waltham P.S. Bartlett 18S 11J Key Wind Hunter Case Pocket Watch $ 359.10 |
 | WALTHAM 16S SIDEWINDER OPEN FACE POCKET WATCH, 17 J, GRADE 630, Ca. 1901 $ 99.99 |
 | NEEDS CLEANED! Waltham Model 1894 Grade 210 POCKET WATCH Octagonal Case ANTIQUE $ 69.99 |
 | 1901 Waltham Seaside 7j 10k RGP - Pocket Watch to Wrist Watch Conversion - Runs $ 149.99 |
 | Antique 18s Waltham 21 Jewel Mechanical Railroad Pocket Watch Crescent St. $ 350.00 |
