Another version of the Garden City private label 6-size hunting Model 15 movement is the engraving of a long-stem rose as the signature on the top plate. The dial might be an unsigned fancy tinted dial or an unsigned plain white dial. This Seth Thomas movement is also known as The Queen, when manufactured for A. C. Becken, or The Rose with the Seth Thomas signature beneath the engraving of a long-stem rose and the dial may bear the Seth Thomas signature with the word “Rose” beneath it.

EA 819 – Garden City – 6-size – Model 15 – Serial Number 131590 – 7 Jewels - Grade 5

Garden City is a private label in Seth Thomas 6-size hunting Model 15. Garden City was manufactured by Seth Thomas for Lapp & Flershem. The Queen was manufactured by Seth Thomas for A. C. Becken. Rose

EA 819 – Garden City – 6-size – Model 15 – Serial Number 144027 – 7 Jewels - Grade 5

Garden City is a private label in Seth Thomas 6-size hunting Model 15. Garden City was manufactured by Seth Thomas for Lapp & Flershem. The Queen was manufactured by Seth Thomas for A. C. Becken. Rose

EA 819 – Garden City – 6-size – Model 15 – Serial Number 155027 – 7 Jewels - Grade 5

Garden City is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size open-face Model 6. Garden City was manufactured by Seth Thomas for Lapp & Flershem. This movement is also known as Liberty when manufactured for A.C. Becken, and as Eagle when the movement bears the Seth Thomas signature or the dial bears the signature Eagle.

EA 811 – Garden City – 18-size – Model 6 – Serial Number 517638 – 7 Jewels - Grade 36

Garden City is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size hunting Model 6. Garden City was manufactured by Seth Thomas for Lapp & Flershem. This movement is also known as Liberty when manufactured for A.C. Becken, and as Eagle when the movement bears the Seth Thomas signature or the dial bears the signature Eagle.

EA 812 – Garden City – 18-size – Model 7 – Serial Number 526015 – 7 Jewels - Grade 37

Garden City is a private label in Seth Thomas 6-size hunting Model 15. Garden City was manufactured by Seth Thomas for Lapp & Flershem. One version of the Garden City movements bear the signature “Garden City” and the logo of Lapp & Flershem, an oval with the letters BHA within. “BHA” stands for “Busiest House in America”. The Garden City movement may have an unsigned fancy dial or it may have a “Garden City” signature dial.

Some of the 6-size Garden City movements do not bear the Garden City signature or the engraved long-stem rose. They are signed “Seth Thomas Thomaston, Conn.” on the movement, and they might have a fancy dial with no signature, or they could have a “Garden City” signature dial.

EA 819 – Garden City – 6-size – Model 15 – Serial Number 138526 – 7 Jewels - Grade 5

1896 Lapp & Flershem Catalog

On page 424 of the 1896 Lapp & Flershem wholesale catalog there is an advertisement for Garden City private label pocket watches manufactured by Seth Thomas for Lapp & Flershem. The Garden City movements’ available options are described for each of the three Item Numbers (No. 5, No. 6, and No. 7) that Lapp & Flershem are advertising.

Item No. 5 is a 6-size stem-wound hunting movement with 7 jewels. It is shown to have a long-stem rose engraved on the top plate.

Item No. 6 is an 18-size stem-wound open-face movement with 7 jewels. It is shown to have an eagle engraved on the top plate.

Item No. 7 is an 18-size stem-wound hunting movement with 7 jewels. It is shown to have an eagle engraved on the top plate.

The advertisement states that ““Garden City” Movements are Lever Set and fit all Regular Pendant or Lever Set Cases”.

Garden City is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size Model 6 and Model 7, and 6-size hunting Model 15. Garden City was manufactured by Seth Thomas for Lapp & Flershem. One version of the Garden City movements bears the signature “Garden City” and the logo of Lapp & Flershem, an oval with the letters BHA within. “BHA” stands for “Busiest House in America”. The Garden City movement may have an unsigned fancy dial or it may have a “Garden City” signature dial. Other versions of the 18-size Garden City movements bear the engraving of an eagle. Other of the 6-size Garden City movements bear the engraving of a long-stem rose.

Some of the 6-size Garden City movements do not bear the Garden City signature or the engraved long-stem rose. They are signed “Seth Thomas Thomaston, Conn.” on the movement, and they might have a fancy dial with no signature, or they could have a “Garden City” signature dial.

There is a specimen available for viewing on the Pocket Watch Database listed as serial# 67026.

The “Favorite” - Cyrus N. Gibbs - South Framingham, Mass. is a private label pocket watch in the Seth Thomas 18-size hunting Model 3.

Cyrus Nelson Gibbs, born September 24, 1846, in Cambridge Massachusetts, owned and operated a jewelry store on Hollis Street (Oddfellows Block) in South Framingham Massachusetts starting in approximately 1877. He lived with his wife, Helen Francis (Puffer) Gibbs, and two daughters Irene and Ella at 75 Union Avenue. Mr. Gibbs’ store was damage by an explosion in 1880; but his business continued there until his retirement in approximately 1912 due to a head injury incurred while on vacation.

The postcard photograph below shows business district in South Framingham Massachusetts in the early 1900’s when Cyrus N. Gibbs operated his jewelry store there.

Cyrus N. Gibbs - South Framingham, Mass. - “Favorite”

(Not in STFS Collection)

EA 807 – Cyrus N. Gibbs - South Framingham, Mass. - “Favorite” – Model 3 – Serial Number XXXXX – 15 Jewels - Grade 170

The top images are the front and back of a Jeweler’s Trade Card issued by Cyrus N. Gibbs in 1880 four years before his business was damaged by an explosion.

The lower-left article appeared in The Boston Globe on Tuesday December 3, 1884, on page 5. The lower-right obituary appeared in the Boston Globe on July 6, 1922.

There is a specimen available for viewing on the Pocket Watch Database listed as serial# 25355.

The Golden Eagle Watch - Made For - J. M. Gibbs - Hannibal, MO. is a private label pocket watch in the Seth Thomas 18-size hunting Model 2.

Joshua M. Gibbs, born February 14, 1842, in Blue Lick Kentucky, was a Sergeant in the Union Army during the Civil War with General Sherman on his march to the sea, and was wounded at Kenesaw Mountain. After the Civil War Joshua Gibbs lived at 313 Broadway in Hannibal Missouri with his wife Seraph and two sons, Willard and Giles. Mr. Gibbs operated a jewelry store there, J. M. Gibbs Jewelers, which he moved, in approximately 1876, to Main Street where he eventually operated as J. M. Gibbs and Sons. Mr. Gibbs died in 1914 and is interred at Riverside Cemetery in Hannibal.

The postcard photographs below show Main Street in Hannibal Missouri in the early 1900’s when J. M. Gibbs operated his jewelry store there.

The Golden Eagle Watch - Made For - J. M. Gibbs - Hannibal, MO.

(Not in STFS Collection)

EA 806 – The Golden Eagle Watch - Made For - J. M. Gibbs - Hannibal, MO. – Model 2 – Serial Number XXXXX – 15 Jewels - Grade 197

The top-left advertisement appeared in the Hannibal Courier-Post on Friday December 3, 1875, on page 4. The top-center article appeared in the Hannibal Courier-Post on Tuesday April 27, 1875, on page 4. The top-right advertisement appeared in the Hannibal Courier-Post on Wednesday February 17, 1875, on page 1.

The middle-left article appeared in the Hannibal Courier-Post on Saturday April 14, 1877, on page 4. The top-center article appeared in the Hannibal Courier-Post on Tuesday January 15, 1878, on page 3. The top-right article appeared in the Hannibal Courier-Post on Wednesday November 20, 1907, on page 1.

The bottom-left advertisement appeared in the Hannibal Courier-Post on Sunday September 24, 1882, on page 9. The bottom-center advertisement appeared in the Hannibal Daily Courier on Wednesday April 12, 1876, on page 4. The bottom-right obituary appeared in the Potosi Journal on Wednesday August 3, 1914, on page 3.

P.A. Goodnough Union City, PA. is a private label pocket watch in Seth Thomas Model 5.

Prescott Alvord Goodnough, born on August 25,1869 in Lowville New York, was a jeweler doing business at 710 State Street in Union City Pennsylvania. He lived at 1201 E Lake Road in Union City with his wife Nelie. He died on September 16, 1963, in New York and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.

The postcards below show Union City Pennsylvania in 1910.

P. A. Goodnough Union City, PA.

EA 810 – P. A. Goodnough Union City, PA. – 18-size – Model 5 – Serial Number 208744 –17 Jewels - Grade 82

Walter Grunert - Oconto, WI. is a high-grade private label pocket watch in Seth Thomas Model 2.

Walter Hermann Grunert was born on February 5, 1862 in Appleton Wisconsin. His family moved to Oconto and Walter became very active in community activities there, serving as the manger for the local baseball team, in his time away from his jewelry store. His 17-jewel, grade 508 private label Model 2 pocket watch was documented by Roy Ehrhardt in his Identification and Price Guide to American Pocket Watches from Beginning to End. At the turn of the twentieth century Walter moved his residence and business to Green Bay. He remained in Green Bay until his death in 1940.

The Trade Card below was from Walter Grunert’s time as a jeweler in Oconto, Wisconsin. It measures 4 3/4” tall and 3 1/2” wide.

Walter Grunert - Oconto, WI. (Not in STFS Collection)

EA 806 – Walter Grunert - Oconto, WI. – 18-size – Model 2– Serial Number X – 17 Jewels - Grade 508

F. F. Hallett - West Union, Iowa is a private label pocket watch in Seth Thomas 18-size hunting Model 2.

Frank F. Hallett was born in Kasson Minesota in June of 1866. He was brought by his parents to Cedar Rapids, Iowa when he was a child and opened his jewelry store at 3rd Avenue and 3rd Street when he was a young adult. Frank F. Hallett and his wife, Carrie B. Hallett, lived together at 1705 Sixth Avenue. Frank Hallett died on November 3, 1916, at the age of fifty.

The three postcards below show Third Street, Third Avenue and Second Avenue in Cedar Rapids Iowa during the time that Frank F. Hallett was a jeweler in that neighborhood.

F. F. Hallett - West Union, Iowa - (Not in STFS Collection)

EA 806 – F. F. Hallett – 18-size – Model 2 – Serial Number XXXXX – 15 Jewels - Grade 197

The top-left advertisement appeared in The Cosmos on Wednesday October 25, 1911, on page 29. The top-right article appeared in The Gazette on Saturday November 4, 1916, on page 7 and the bottom advertisement appeared in The Cedar Rapids Republican on Sunday November 12, 1916, on page 15.

The C.S. Hayes Norfolk, Neb. is a private label pocket watch in Seth Thomas 18-size hunting Model 2.

C.S. Hayes was born in Orleans County Vermont. In July of 1881 he opened a store in Norfolk Nebraska where he sold jewelry, silver cutlery, watches, and musical instruments. He had previously worked as a jeweler in Iowa (Cedar Rapids and Blairstown) between 1771 and 1881. The three postcards below show downtown Norfolk Nebraska during the time that C. S. Hayse was a jeweler there.

C.S. Hayes Norfolk, Neb.

EA 806 – C.S. Hayes – 18-size – Model 2 – Serial Number 25180 –15 Jewels with Higginbotham Hairspring Stud- Grade 197

The images above appeared in the Norfolk Daily News. The one on the left appeared on Wednesday April 11, 1900 and the advertisement on the right appeared on Tuesday December 29, 1903.

Healey and Co. Coach Builders NEW YORK is a private label pocket watch in Seth Thomas 18-size Model 3 on the dial only.

Healey and Co. Coach Builders NEW YORK:

William Mansfield Healey was born in Massachusetts in the 1840s to Samuel & Mary Thayer (Mansfield) Healy. In 1861 Healey enlisted in the Army of the North and attained the rank of Colonel before being sidelined in 1863.

Healey attended engineering school in France and following apprenticeships at a number of New York coachbuilders, he became associated with the celebrated New York firm of Loos & Williams, which was founded in 1849 as Williams & Dingel. At New York’s 1850 American Institute Fair the firm was awarded a Gold Medal for their carriage display. About 1860 C. Loos bought out the interest of Dingel, and the firm became known as Loos & Williams. The firm operated from a large factory at 223-225 West 96th St. and this is where Colonel Healey became involved in the business of carriage building.

Loos and Williams parted company in 1881, and Colonel Healey joined Williams in the new firm of Healey, Williams & Co. The firm maintained a repository at 1658 Broadway (between 51st and 52nd Sts) and built a new 6-story factory on West 43rd St.

Healey was one of five metropolitan New York firms who built bodies for the luxurious Simplex & Crane Simplex automobiles of 1907-1919. They also built bodies for Christie, Cadillac, Falcon, Locomobile, Packard, Singer and Stevens-Duryea.

Healey’s 1915 listing in “Who’s Who in New York” noted the following accomplishments:

"Brig.-general. N. G. N. Y. 1897-1899; president of Healey & Co., Director of Hudson Trust Co., Hudson Safe Deposit Co., Chevalier Legion d’Honneur of France; member Sons of Revolution, G. A. R., N. Y. Historical Society, New England Society, New York Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Army and Navy, Union League."

Healey & Co. Coach Builders NEW YORK

EA 807 – Healey & Co. Coach Builders NEW YORK – 18-size – Model 3 – Serial Number 95257 –11 Jewels - Grade 55

This advertisement appeared in the New York Herald on Sunday, December 1, 1889.

J. M. Heaney - Berlin Wis. is a private label pocket watch in Seth Thomas 18-size Model 3 on the movement only.

John M. Heaney was a jeweler at 102 Huron Street in Berlin Wisconsin, opening his store in 1872. The 1870 US Census shows that prior to this he was also a jeweler in Saxeville Wisconsin. John M. Heaney was born in December of 1837 in Ireland and came to the United States in 1860. He and his wife, Mary, had two daughters and two sons. John M. Heaney died on March 24,1924 and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery. The postcard photographs below show Huron Street in Berlin Wisconsin at the time period when John M. Heaney had his jewelry store there.

J. M. Heaney - Berlin Wis.

EA 805 – J. M. Heaney - Berlin Wis. – 18-size – Model 1 – Serial Number 4525 –11 Jewels - Grade 44

The two advertisements appeared in The Independent. The advertisement on the left appeared on Friday, December 8, 1882, on page 2. The advertisement on the right appeared on Friday, October 6, 1882, on page 2. The article in the center appeared in the Green Lake and Marquette Counties Trade review on October 1, 1914, on page 2.

W. D. Heath - Special For - R.R. Service is a private label pocket watch in Seth Thomas 18-size Model 5 on the dial only.

Walter D. Heath, born October 1866 owned a jewelry store in Lakeport New Hampshire. The store was located at 773 Union Avenue. Mr. Heath sold watches, clocks, phonographs, musical goods, and he was an optician. He and his wife, Maude, lived at 7 Hill Street in Lakeport. Walter D. Heath died on January 24, 1948, at the age of 82. The two postcards below show the immediate area of 773 Union Avenue during the time that Walter D. Heath owned his jewelry store. In the top photograph the short white building’s number is 777 Union Avenue; so one of the two brick buildings to the right of it would have been 773 Union Avenue. They are both gone now and a very large Lake Village Apartments complex, 765 Union Avenue, absorbed both of those lots into its periphery.