Big Waltham 14K Gold Ladies Multi Color Diamond Watch Start Price USD 0.99 Current Price USD 537.99 Time Left - Bid Count 23 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, August 19, 2008 End Time Friday, August 29, 2008 Location St. Petersburg, FL See more about 'Big Waltham 14K Gold Ladies Multi Color Diamond Watch' Description Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. Click Here. Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! Preferred Checkout Please proceed to www.vendio.com/checkout.x to checkout. Do NOT make a paypal payment without filling our the invoice or we will not have you shipping information. For fastest processing of your order, please use Vendio Checkout! 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Described by: Andre, AJP GIA, RG ISG Title: Big Waltham 14K Gold Ladies Multi Color Pocket Watch Description: You are bidding on Vintage Antique Waltham Big 14K Gold Ladies Hunter Pocket Watch! Fancy dial. A wonderful antique 4 color gold 6 size pocket watch. Has a beautiful floral scene on the case with a bird. Nice blank cartouche. There're 2 Old European cut diamonds on the case, approx 0.02 ct. each, G to I color, VS2 to SI1 clarity. Please view our detailed pictures! Be sure to check our other auctions for more RARE and UNIQUE antiques and beautiful jewelry. We are offering this piece at NO Reserve! Good luck on bidding! Here are the Specifications: Manufacturer: Waltham Setting type: Stem Set Circa: 1902 Diameter of case: 43 mm Thickness of case 13 mm All words on movement American Waltham Watch Co.11413869 Movement: Manuel Movement running: Runs well Jewel count N/a Style or Shape: Round Open Face or Hunter Hunter Case condition: Very good, a few small dings Metal: Solid 14K Gold, multi color: yellow, green, rose & white Dial condition: Very good to excellent, no hairlines or chips that I can see Dial Color: White with golden accents All words on Dial Waltham Hands: Louis XIV Numerals: Arabic Front case markings: N/a Back case markings: C.W.MF'G CO warranted 14 US Assay 188915 Cuvet number and markings: 188915 Crystal: Glass Crown: Very good Bow: Very good Weight: 62.2 grams Estimated size of packaging: 6 x 6 x 6" History of company: Around 1850, Roxbury Massachusetts (where my family still resides), the collective plans to begin a watchmaking business of three men, David Davis, Mr. Howard, and Aaron Dennison would later become the American Waltham Watch Company. The business plan was to inexpensively manufacture watches of without losing quality, a plan that utilized a new concept at the time in watchmaking: interchangeable parts.Early watches were produced around 1850. They were actually marked "Howard, Davis & Dennison - Boston". The new company struggled early on as it coped with higher then anticipated manufacturing costs. They also had problems making the interchangeable parts system actually work. Although in theory the parts should have been identical once produced, they found that each part was a little different from the next. The machines weren't exact. It took the company months to produce watches that were actually no better than those already on the market.Howard would eventually perfect and patent his precision watch making machines and the company was almost ready for production. In 1851, with the factories complete, the American Horology Company was named. By 1852 the first watches were completed. The first 17 watches were marked "The Warren Mfg Co". Watches 18 through 100 were named "Warren Boston". The next 800 were named "Samuel Curtis". These early watches are extremely rare and very valuable.The name was changed to "Boston Watch Company" in 1853. In 1854 a factory was built in Waltham Mass. The watches that were made here (1001-5000) were named "Dennison, Howard, & Davis" as earlier stated, as well as P.S.Batrlett, and "C.T. Parker". Boston Watch Company failed in 1857.The company was sold at auction to Appleton Tracy & Co in May 1857. In January 1859 the Waltham Improvement Company and Appleton, Tracy & Company merged to for the American Waltham Watch Company. By 1860 the country was in Civil War, and the company was in trouble again. Production ground to a halt. With a war going on, finding a market for their watches was becoming a serious problem. The company decided to downsize to the lowest possible level to keep the factory open. It worked!In 100 years of existence the factory produced 40 million jeweled watches, plus clocks, speedometers, compasses, time fuses for bombs and other precision instruments.Waltham Watch company went out of business in the late 1950''s-early 1960's, in 1957 they planned to merge into Waltham Precision Instrument Company which was completed March 1960. The shareholders of the old company received shares of the Waltham Precision Instrument Company and also received shares in a Waltham Watch Company. 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