There is a small seconds bit at the 6 o'clock position that revolves the entire time the watch is wound. The two-tone metal dial is a joy to behold with Art Deco Roman numerals at the chapters and silvered minute dots at each minute. It is in great condition showing only very minor wear. The 14K solid gold case measures 46 mm in diameter, by 57 mm from the case bottom to the top of the bow, by 11 mm thick (including the crystal). The movement is a very reliable 17 jewel, three-quarter plate, that our head watchmaker has running like the proverbial top. This particular watch is born of that tradition and has all the elements that made Waltham a force to be dealt with. Their pocket watches became known for great design and reliability throughout the consumer market and in railroad circles. The name was later changed to Boston Watch Company, then Appleton, Tracey, & Co., then The American Watch Co., and finally the Waltham Watch Company. Their earlier efforts, circa 1850, in Roxbury, MA resulted in the Howard, Dennison & Davis moniker. Waltham was a wonderful and prolific watch manufacturer located in Waltham, Massachusetts and they were in business from 1851 to 1957 in various iterations. Our one year warranty, for parts and labor, will allow you to buy with confidence. Make sure you take a gander at the case design and how clean the movement is. The case measures 11 mm thick with the lid closed. The case measures 52 mm in diameter (not including the crown and bow), by 72 mm from case bottom to the top of the bow. The wonderful condition of the case tells us that it was only worn for very special occasions and then lovingly taken care of. Our head watchmaker has it winding, setting and keeping time just as it did over 100 years ago. The coin silver case is in fantastic condition as is the 15 jewel movement. Now feast your eyes on this particular Tavannes Hunting Case Pocket Watch circa 1915. Needless to say, Tavannes was quite the market force in the watch world. At that time, they employed over 2,000 skilled watchmakers and produced over 4,000 watches a day. In half a century, by 1938, Tavannes built five factories in Switzerland, and became the fourth largest watch manufacturer in the world. The numbers are there, revealing the tremendous industrial take-off of the Tavannes Watch Co. won the Grand Prix for daily production at the Exhibition Universal of Brussels: 2,500 watches per day. SA under his direction before his death in 1913. Between 18 he registered 39 patents for improvements to watches in his own name, and a 11 more were registered by the Tavannes Watch Co. Henri-Frédéric Sandoz was a prolific inventor. The United Kingdom, in 1884, set its time to Greenwich Mean Time and it really established the watch business as we know it today. Industrialization and the expansion of the railroad system made a standardized time necessary.
was founded on Septemand was registered in the Swiss Trade Register on November 20, 1895.Ĭirca 1902, watches were becoming popular. He and his partner, Schwob Frères, soon opened markets around the world, notably in Canada, Russia, United States, and Asia. In 1891 a young, talented master watchmaker, Henri-Frédéric Sandoz, founded the Tavannes Watch Company in a small Swiss village, Tavannes, in the Jura mountains. The sight of this watch in your hand will make your heart sing. It was just such a case when we found this wonderful Tavannes, Hunting Case, Pocket Watch in a fantastic silver case. Every once and a while even a blind squirrel finds a nut.
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