A Waltham-made timepiece that Vortic Watch Company uses in their 100 percent American-made watches. (Curt Nickisch/WBUR) When they were undergrads at Pennsylvania State University, R.T. Custer and ...

Beginning in the mid-19th century, American watch manufacturers such as Waltham, Elgin, and Illinois perfected the science of mass-producing very accurate pocket watches—watches so durable that ...

Founded in 1850, the Waltham Watch Company was a giant of American timekeeping for more than 100 years. Sports Business News Life Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals HISTORY ...

The Waltham Watch Co., a once-pioneering, now-defunct company, supplied the nation with pocket watches for 100 years. Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff/Globe Staff ...

1871 Gold Waltham Presentation Pocket Watch with Freemason Provenance. Share. Appraiser. Paul Winicki. ... Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American Cruise Lines.

American watches come to the consumer unburdened by the various expenses and profits incident to importation -- the total of which, including Custom-house-duties, more than doubles the prime cost ...

Appraisal: Waltham Watch Co. Repeater, ca. 1887 Clip: Season 25 Episode 9 | 1m 52s | Video has closed captioning. Check out Kevin Zavian's appraisal of a Waltham Watch Co. Repeater, ca. 1887, in ...

The auction for John Jacob Astor IV's 14-carat gold Waltham pocket watch, engraved with the initials JJA was sold to an American buyer. A pocket watch that belonged to the wealthiest passenger ...

Waltham Pocket Watches were among the first mass produced watches brining affordable time keeping to the general population. This one, dated 1874, was owned by my great grand father James Day ...