Free card price guide baseball, basketball, hockey. The brand of the watch can also greatly impact the value. Their vision was to form a watch company that could produce highquality watches at a lower cost using interchangeable parts. Kembery antiques specialists in antique pocket watches. The dials on the pocket watch may be written out in numbers or in roman numerals for a more vintage look. Antiques atlas swiss antique and vintage pocket watches.
Research past prices of waltham pocket watches to buy or bid confidently today. Most of the pocket watches are thus made to be gold or silver plated or at least resemble gold or silver covering. Recent and shuffled date added dealer az dealer za price lowest first price highest first. I have a waltham pocket watch with a dennison case, which has a small. Ald dennison moon fullhunterdemihalf hunter vintage dennison star pocket. This seems a very small number to me, especially when dennison was established in birmingham in the 1870s. During world war one, dennison were manufacturing highlydurable wrist and pocket watches issued to the british military, along with military compasses and other items image adjacent showing a dennison british military issued pocket watch. The american waltham watch company had its beginnings in 1850 in roxbury, massachusetts. Aaron dennison died on 9 january 1895 aged 82 and his son franklin took over his role. Im curious as to when it was made so i could find out a little more about it. Dennison was born in freeport, maine, after which the family moved to brunswick, maine. Because the covers are so easily visible, they form one of the easiest ways to describe antique pocket watches.
Dennison watch case for sale in uk view 15 bargains. Denison university a top liberal arts college located in. Top wind and time change with white enamel dial and black roman hours with blued steel hands and a subsidiary seconds dial. With movement out you can then progress to many repair avenues. From kembery antique clocks ltd you can expect a genuine pocket watch with a written 12 month guarantee which has been serviced to a high standard. Swiss vertex pocket watch in a dennison case 685144. See todays dennison watch case for sale, best offer and auction. Cant find your exact serial number in our lookup tables. Waltham watch company was the first watchmaker to massproduce watch movements on an assembly line. Some pocket watches have been converted to wrist watches.
However, in 1886, dennison stated that the first company name was the. Over the next 50 years the company experienced several rounds of reorganization and retitling. Dennison pocket watch for sale 15 jewels pocket watch in dennison star gold plated case swiss made movement. In 1905 the company was incorporated and became the dennison watch case company limited. Have just got a 1908 waltham full hunter sorry, i cant do picsmy camera still uses 35mm film. Like any other collectors items, the oldest and rarest pieces are the most valuable, so it is important to know as much information as you can about a watch before buying or selling it. Dial face waltham usa on opening first cover state moon trade mark top one 5 stars left hand side below moon and right hand side a star. The aim is to provide factual information from the marketplace to help collectors. Dennison pocket watch for sale in uk view 60 bargains. Pocket watches are mainly made to resemble their original version. Omega is very much one of the shining stars of the antique watch world. Some american watch brands did not use a consistent series of serial numbers, but most of the big manufacturers did. I recently inherited the above waltham pocket watch which was presented to my great grandfather in 1896 and is help.
Dennison watch case co 419816, aaron lufkin dennison, best known england watch case maker. Make offer beautiful vintage gold plated limit pocket watch in dennison moon case, working. Aaron lufkin dennison march 6, 1812 january 9, 1895 was an american watchmaker and businessman who founded a number of companies. See todays dennison pocket watches for sale, best offer and auction. A dennison moon pocket watch with inside and outside layers of 10 carat gold. Antique a l d dennison moon goldfilled pocket etsy.
Watch and patent information guide with serial numbers and dates. Antique and vintage pocket watches with gold and silver cases including hunter and half hunter pocket watches, watches by waltham, verge, and swiss makers including a large selection of antique scottish pocket watches. Antique pocket watches for sale used vintage pocket. I have case no 612457 xx stated to be made of two plates of 10 ct gold with plate of composition between and to wear for 20 years. The waltham watch company, also known as the american waltham watch co. Learn which of your pocket change coins is worth a significant premium over face value, and what to look for. Most vintage swiss pocket watches did not have serial numbers and cant be dated by this method. Can anyone tell me anything about this antique solid gold. Im fairly new to it all though, and not exactly an expert in the subject hence i came here. Dates of manufacture according to serial number and other information on the most popular american made watches.
Swiss vertex pocket watch movement in a gold plated dennison moon case. Ive had a long interest in timepieces and have finally got a pocket watch it was a present. Ald dennison moon pocket watch nawcc message board. Cards trading card database has prices achieved from actual card sales, not estimates.
Moon with inside and outside layers of 10 carat gold, guaranteed to wear for 20 years. Once you have armed your self with the information about your watch, you can go to the information pages to determine the age of the watch. Not all vintage watches can be dated using the serial number. The company was founded by david davis, aaron dennison, and edward howard. People overlook these coins because they have small distinguishing characteristics that are not easily recognizable, such as a modest doubling of the coin image, or minute differences in the size or spacing of the letters in the legends. Beautiful vintage gold plated limit pocket watch in dennison moon case, working. It was in 1907 that the waltham watch company officially emerged, picking its name in part due to the location of the watch company in waltham. Waltham 18ct lever pocket watch within a dennison watch case, the enamel dial with roman numerals and subsidiary second dial, 108 grams gross, together with a further 18ct watch chain and t bar, 25. I found a reference to a waltham traveller from 1908 that was not solid gold. This is a genuine rare collectors dennison case moon phase 10ct gold manual wind pocket watch. Pocket watch american waltham watch co, traveler, 1908. I just bought a pocket watch open face containing moon trade mark and the makers company.
How to take out pocket watch movement from its case. The record watch company was founded in 1903 by a group in tramelan in order to acquire a patent number 27961 they erected a large modern built in tramelan to make watches in 1905 and 1906 they made all type of watches for men and woman. Star watch case company made watch cases for the model omega speedmaster professional, one of which was worn by astronaut eugene a. Produced post ww 11 between 47 and 51 numbered b9012 fitted in a gold plated case moon grade by dennison. This had the combined effects of increasing productivity and lowering the prices of walthams watches to its customers.
Its output was of the highest quality and we always offer a selection of immaculately presented vintage omega watches for. How to identify a waltham pocket watch our pastimes. Dennison pocket watch for sale in uk view 17 bargains. Vintage omega watches for sale omega vintage watches. A wristwatch can be worn in most everyday situations as a convenient way of telling the time, whereas the pocket watch, resting deep in a pocket on the end of a chain, requires effort before it can be consulted. This watch is commonly referred to as the moonwatch.
Antique a l d dennison moon goldfilled pocket watch, pocket watch, vintage pocket watch, retro pocket watch, openface pocket watch a nice antique pocket watch open face containing moon trade mark in a goldfilled case, in fully working order. Dennison cases usually have a sun,moon,star trade mark on them and. Waltham hunter pocket watch gold plated marquis triple. Dennison cases usually have a sun, moon,star trade mark on them and are either solid gold, or gold filled, or sometimes other metals.
Sports card price guide prices from actual card sales. He was the son of andrew dennison, a boot and shoemaker who was also a music teacher. When it comes to antique pocket watches there are a number of different ways to describe them. It is 10k gold plate and has the number 292182 engraved in the case. They sold a wide variety of english and swiss made pocket watches though retailed only swiss made wristwatches at this time.
Today, the pocket watch is an object of sheer luxury, largely due to its impractical design. So now in this example, you know you have a waltham riverside 18k gold hunting case pocket watch made in 1886. Swiss movement, dennison case, the moon was the grade of the gold plated case like guaranteed 20 years. D watch case on 1893 waltham youve got a gold filled. This how to show how to remove the movement from a pocket watch. During my research i found out that dennison made these gold filled cases and their trademark was the sun, moon and star.
Dennison pocket watches pricevalue guide, valuation. High jewel examples are fervently sought by pocket watch collectors. Very few people value them according to how good the movement is. The movement is limit but im not convinced that it is the original. These days, a pocket watchs value lies only in the cases gold or silver content, mostly. In 1833 dennison set up on his own as a watch repairer, but shortly after. It is fairly simple to confirm a watch is a waltham pocket watch and to identify the model and manufacturing date. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. The dial is enamelled waltham usa and the rear of the case is hand engraved s. You can also refer to the number of jewels in the movement. Dennison had a close connection with the british military during the war years. Buy dennison pocket watch and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. Vintage avia tank watch in dennison case lovely a antique 9ct rolled gold waltham full hunter pocket watch dennison watch case a. Antique pocket watches then antique watch chains then antique watch keys.
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