1919 Waltham "Wandering Second" 15
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1919 Waltham "Wandering Second" 15
Brand: American Waltham Watch Co.
Case Material: Gold-filled
Strap Material: Leather
Movement: Manual Wind
Case Dimensions: Width: 1.25 in (31.5 mm) Diameter: 1.25 in (31.5 mm)
Style: Art Deco
Place of Origin: United States
Period: 1910-1919
Date of Manufacture: 1919
Condition: Good Repaired: Case carefully polished and restored New Crystal New Band Dial and second disc professionally refinished Complete tear down service. Replacements made: Case carefully polished and restored New Crystal New Band Dial and second disc professionally refinished Complete tear down service. Case carefully polished and restored New Crystal New Band Dial and second disc professionally refinished Complete tear down service.
I have a shameless commercial plug for my shop. Many of my watches were used in the filming of an Epic Film due to be released in May 2023. The studio selected my shop due to the authentic restoration couple with the time period of 1919-1926. I will mention two actors who are in the upcoming movie, Leonardo Di Capra and Robert Di Nero? more to come. It was an honor and validated my shop for its authentic restoration practices.
What a treat! Have you ever run across a ?Wandering Second? WW1 / Trench watch. But??it is not your ordinary offering, look at the gold colored screws and gold-colored wheels. What a treat. This combination is very difficult to source in operating condition today, so many have abused as Father Time has passed us by. This is a 15-jewel movement, this was better than most that were 7 jewels, it was more reliable.
This style is called a cushion for its shape which was popular in the early wrist watch era. The often-housed round dials with no seconds or a traditional second hand at six o?clock.
Many of the WW1 wrist watches use 0 size movements, see below was size reference.
5/0s 26.25 mm 1.033 in1 130 in
4/0s 27.09 mm 1.067 in1 115 in
3/0s 27.94 mm 1.100 in1 110 in
2/0s 28.79 mm 1.133 in1 215 in
0s 29.63 mm 1.167 in1 16 in
I used the terms Trench Watch. What exactly is that?
History about Trench Watches
What is a ?Trench Watch? ?
They were created using 3-0 and 0 size pocket watch movements and installing into watch cases that were meant to worn on the wrist. The watch movement companies would send their movements to independent jewelers, who in turn would select the cases to house the movement.
So the ordering process might go like this. A customer walks into a jeweler, with the help of the jeweler, the customer selects a 15 jeweled movement, then they go on to the case selection. The jeweler may recommend a higher end case manufactures like Depollier, and then it is the style of case as many manufactures had several different styles. Once a complete selection was made, the jeweler put it together and delivered the watch. That is how many Trench Watches (wrist watches) were born in the early 1900's.
The movements often came from women pocket watches because the wrist watch as we know was just being discovered. It is not uncommon to see various movements used in different cases, with various years. Remember the wrist watch was just being developed.
They often have some of the following characteristics:
Fixed or Wire Lug was common, occasionally as time passed us by, traditional lugs would be added in favor of using spring bars, traditional spring bar attachment as found in today?s watches.
Case Material: Solid Gold - Sterling Silver - Silverode or Gold Filled were used. (This case lid snaps snug on the case. This is important to note as many cases were badly damaged by their owners over the past 100 years.
*For more practical purposes, a special alloy was developed which went by several different names, such as, "Silveroid, Silverore, Silverode or Silverine. "Silveroid" appears to have become the standard name for this metal that consisted of 45% nickel, 54% copper and 1% manganese.
Case Manufactures: There were many case manufacturers that made cases for Trench Watches. Some of the more well know were: Dennison (English Manufacturer) Illinois (not affiliated with the Illinois Watch Company) J Depollier and Sons, Wadsworth, Fahys, Philadelphia, Fortune and many more
World War 1 was 1914 to 1918, that is the time frame of many Trench Watches.
Grade: No. 365
Manufacturer:Waltham
Manufacturer Location:Waltham, Massachusetts
Movement Serial Number:22627837
Grade:No. 365
Model:1907
Estimated Production Year:1919
Run Quantity:5,000
Grade/Model Total Production:298,949
Size:3/0s
Jewels:15 Jewels
Movement Configuration:Hunting
Movement Finish:Nickel
Movement Setting:Pendant
Plate:3/4 Plate
Hairspring:Breguet
Adjusted:No
Railroad Grade:No
Brand: American Waltham Watch Co.
Case Material: Gold-filled
Strap Material: Leather
Movement: Manual Wind
Case Dimensions: Width: 1.25 in (31.5 mm) Diameter: 1.25 in (31.5 mm)
Style: Art Deco
Place of Origin: United States
Period: 1910-1919
Date of Manufacture: 1919
Condition: Good Repaired: Case carefully polished and restored New Crystal New Band Dial and second disc professionally refinished Complete tear down service. Replacements made: Case carefully polished and restored New Crystal New Band Dial and second disc professionally refinished Complete tear down service. Case carefully polished and restored New Crystal New Band Dial and second disc professionally refinished Complete tear down service.
I have a shameless commercial plug for my shop. Many of my watches were used in the filming of an Epic Film due to be released in May 2023. The studio selected my shop due to the authentic restoration couple with the time period of 1919-1926. I will mention two actors who are in the upcoming movie, Leonardo Di Capra and Robert Di Nero? more to come. It was an honor and validated my shop for its authentic restoration practices.
What a treat! Have you ever run across a ?Wandering Second? WW1 / Trench watch. But??it is not your ordinary offering, look at the gold colored screws and gold-colored wheels. What a treat. This combination is very difficult to source in operating condition today, so many have abused as Father Time has passed us by. This is a 15-jewel movement, this was better than most that were 7 jewels, it was more reliable.
This style is called a cushion for its shape which was popular in the early wrist watch era. The often-housed round dials with no seconds or a traditional second hand at six o?clock.
Many of the WW1 wrist watches use 0 size movements, see below was size reference.
5/0s 26.25 mm 1.033 in1 130 in
4/0s 27.09 mm 1.067 in1 115 in
3/0s 27.94 mm 1.100 in1 110 in
2/0s 28.79 mm 1.133 in1 215 in
0s 29.63 mm 1.167 in1 16 in
I used the terms Trench Watch. What exactly is that?
History about Trench Watches
What is a ?Trench Watch? ?
They were created using 3-0 and 0 size pocket watch movements and installing into watch cases that were meant to worn on the wrist. The watch movement companies would send their movements to independent jewelers, who in turn would select the cases to house the movement.
So the ordering process might go like this. A customer walks into a jeweler, with the help of the jeweler, the customer selects a 15 jeweled movement, then they go on to the case selection. The jeweler may recommend a higher end case manufactures like Depollier, and then it is the style of case as many manufactures had several different styles. Once a complete selection was made, the jeweler put it together and delivered the watch. That is how many Trench Watches (wrist watches) were born in the early 1900's.
The movements often came from women pocket watches because the wrist watch as we know was just being discovered. It is not uncommon to see various movements used in different cases, with various years. Remember the wrist watch was just being developed.
They often have some of the following characteristics:
Fixed or Wire Lug was common, occasionally as time passed us by, traditional lugs would be added in favor of using spring bars, traditional spring bar attachment as found in today?s watches.
Case Material: Solid Gold - Sterling Silver - Silverode or Gold Filled were used. (This case lid snaps snug on the case. This is important to note as many cases were badly damaged by their owners over the past 100 years.
*For more practical purposes, a special alloy was developed which went by several different names, such as, "Silveroid, Silverore, Silverode or Silverine. "Silveroid" appears to have become the standard name for this metal that consisted of 45% nickel, 54% copper and 1% manganese.
Case Manufactures: There were many case manufacturers that made cases for Trench Watches. Some of the more well know were: Dennison (English Manufacturer) Illinois (not affiliated with the Illinois Watch Company) J Depollier and Sons, Wadsworth, Fahys, Philadelphia, Fortune and many more
World War 1 was 1914 to 1918, that is the time frame of many Trench Watches.
Grade: No. 365
Manufacturer:Waltham
Manufacturer Location:Waltham, Massachusetts
Movement Serial Number:22627837
Grade:No. 365
Model:1907
Estimated Production Year:1919
Run Quantity:5,000
Grade/Model Total Production:298,949
Size:3/0s
Jewels:15 Jewels
Movement Configuration:Hunting
Movement Finish:Nickel
Movement Setting:Pendant
Plate:3/4 Plate
Hairspring:Breguet
Adjusted:No
Railroad Grade:No
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1919 Waltham "Wandering Second" 15
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