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The more ornate cases increase the value. Has some other engravings inside that look like 2/10 but had to see. The watch was manufactured in 1908 and its appraised value ranges from 200-600, depending on condition and appearance of case. I know it was made in 1890 based on the serial number. The competition in this area might come from Elgin's B.W. The Waltham pocket watch 17170235 is a model 1900, 16-jewel ladies watch with a hunter (full) case. Determining the date of your Waltham pocket watch involves opening the back cover. Every Waltham watch produced since 1852 was engraved with a serial number. There were over 400 runs of the Model 1883 alone with this marking. Waltham watches are highly collectible and are perhaps one of the easiest timepieces to date due to their serial numbers. Bartlett” than any other single indication of grade. The author has no concrete proof but feels that more American watch movements were marked “P.S. Bartlett” on movement for many, many years, even through the time Bartlett worked for Elgin and well past his death in 1902.
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The Find Serial tab requests a serial number and displays the detailed information about that number on the same page. Waltham gold filled ladys size six hunting cased watch in fine running condition. Waltham gold filled ladys size six hunting cased Pocket Watch. Waltham will continue to use the name “P.S. The serial number database features include the ability to find information and view the source pages for the information about Waltham watches and view observaton information provided by other collectors. Waltham gold filled ladys size six hunting cased Pocket Watch 655.00. He eventually wound up working for Waltham again as a salesman and then ran his own wholesale business.Ībbott tells us that some of the early Waltham movements were engraved “P.S. Bartlett left Waltham to assist in the organization of the National Watch Company at Elgin Illinois. Abbot’s “History of the Watch Factories of America" we learn that Bartlett’s family was one of the oldest and most famous puritan families in Massachusetts and that his great uncle, Josiah Bartlett was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. One of the early employees of the Boston Watch Company, a precursor to the Waltham Company, was a man named Patten Sargeant Bartlett.