| This monograph was originally published 2005 by NAWCC as Special Order Supplement No. 7. I converted it to web pages so it can be viewed online with active links. I added color pictures where available and updated content, especially regarding Dennison Howard & Davis and early Appleton Tracy & Co. watches. This format also enables me to publish future updates. Printable Acrobat PDF files are provided because the web pages will not print well; please understand, the objective here is online viewing, the print files are not formatted like the production monograph.
Record of Updates
Table of Contents
(62K bytes) PDF file August 17, 2019
Preface
(87K bytes) PDF file August 20, 2019
Evolution of the First Successful Industrialized Watch
(1.7M bytes) PDF file January 9, 2024
Design Changes in the Model 57
(1.4M bytes) PDF file January 9, 2024
Concluding Comments
(31K bytes) PDF file April 27, 2018
References and Notes
(342K bytes) PDF file August 28, 2024
Data Tables
- (10K bytes) Legend February 4, 2005
- (33K bytes) Warren (ancestor of Model 57) September 28, 2023
- (36K bytes) Samuel Curtis (predecessor of Model 57) Jan. 21 '23
- (147K bytes) Dennison, Howard & Davis (pre M57) Aug 28 '24
- (163K bytes) Appleton Tracy & Co. August 28, 2024
- (25K bytes) C.T. Parker / Chas T. Parker February 29, 2024
- (201K bytes) P.S. Bartlett August 30, 2024
- (21K bytes) J. Watson June 5, 2020
- (20K bytes) R.E. Robbins May 14, 2022
- (6K bytes) American Watch Co. October 20, 2017
- (70K bytes) Wm. Ellery August 30, 2024
- (52K bytes) Waltham Watch Co. December 10, 2023
- (37K bytes) Home Watch Co. January 2, 2024
- (22K bytes) A.W.Co. Broadway January 2, 2024
- (21K bytes) Cresent Park/Martyn Square January 2, 2024
- (6K bytes) Central Park March 31, 2015
- (60K bytes) custom watches and private labels January 22, 2024
- (40K bytes) Howard & Rice / E. Howard & Co. Boston 08/28/24
- (29K bytes) Sporting Chronodrometer January 2, 2024
Please note, tables are continually being updated (hopefully to be more correct and complete). While I have strived to validate much of the data recorded in these tables, that is not possible in most cases and the information from the source is taken verbatim. For example, 16 jewel movements are often mistakenly recorded as 15J and 11J movements are mistakenly recorded as 15J. Some data details are difficult to observe and might be misreported; e.g., information regarding escapements.
The right to download and store or output these Origins pages is granted to users for their personal use only, and certainly not for commercial applications. Any other reproduction, by any means - mechanical or electronic - without the express written permission of Ronald J. Price is strictly prohibited.
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