Object Details
maker
Newark Watch Co.
Description
Made about 1869, this watch was the product of the short-lived (1864-1869) Newark Watch Company, Newark, N.J., a company formed at the end of the Civil War to tap into the market for American-made watches created by the American Waltham Watch Co.
Details:
Movement: spring-driven, full plate, gilt finish, 18 Size, 15 jewels, key wind at back and key set at front, bimetallic compensation balance, level escapement; marked: “THE NEWARK WATCH/FULL-JEWEL’D/10609/Patent/Newark, N.J.
Dial: White enamel w/Roman numerals, blued steel hands (second hand missing), sunk seconds at 6; marked “Newark Watch Works”
References:
Urquhart, Frank J. A History of the City of Newark, New Jersey. Vol. 3. 1913: Reprint. London: Forgotten Books, 2013.
Henry G. Abbott, The Watch Factories of America, (Chicago: G. K. Hazleitt & Co., 1888).
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
James Arthur Collection, New York University
date made
ca 1869
ID Number
1984.0416.242
serial number
10609
catalog number
1984.0416.242
accession number
1984.0416
Object Name
pocket watch movement, gold
pocket watch movement
watch movement
Measurements
overall: 1/2 in x 1 13/16 in; 1.27 cm x 4.572 cm
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1203347