Pocket Watch

For those who are avid pocket watch collectors, the name Waltham is a name with which most are quite familiar with. These pocket watches have been in existence for over 150 years, manufactured between the 1851 and 1957. However, there are a lot of fakes out there claiming to be a Waltham pocket watch.

To protect yourself as a collector or seller, you need to know how to identify an authentic Waltham. Here are some steps that you can take to ensure that your is pocket watch within the proud tradition of Waltham.

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The railroad pocket watch became a staple for all railway workers in the late 1800′s – but only by means of one of the greatest train wrecks.

The event occured on April 18, 1891, as two trains approached each other in Kipton, Ohio. On a passenger train, the pocket watch of an engineer stopped working for four minutes. As a result of this mixup the train was running late. Another train – a mail freighter – was heading in the same direction on another side of town. The trains missed their usual rendezvous point and wrecked near the edge of … Read the rest