EA 821 – Adonis U.S.A. – 6-size – Model 18 – Serial# 992077 – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

EA 822 – Adonis U.S.A.  – 6-size – Model 24 – Serial# 3058075 – 7 Jewels - Grade 322

EA 821 – Adonis U.S.A.  – 6-size – Model 18 – Serial# 4013768 – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

Adonis U.S.A. is a private label in Seth Thomas 6-size hunting Model 18 and Seth Thomas 6-size open-face Model 24.

Adonis U.S.A.

EA 821 – Adonis U.S.A. – 6-size – Model 18 – Serial# 991674 – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

American Best is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size open-face Model 5, manufactured for Siegel Brothers Jewelers in Boston Massachusetts U.S.A. 

In his “1980 Price Indicator” Roy Ehrhardt illustrated that the Siegel Bros. commissioned Seth Thomas to produce three different private label pocket watch lines with their name marked on the movements.  The photos in this posting are of my recently acquired example of “The King”.  Illustrations from the “1980 Price Indicator” of Siegel Bros. “The King”, “American Best” and “Workingman’s Friend” are also included in this post.

The 1908 Boston Massachusetts City Directory identifies Eli and George Siegel as the “Siegel Bros.” jewelers at 387 Washington Street in Boston.  Their business is also identified as Washington Jewelry Co. in other period documents.

American Best

EA 810 – American Best – 18-size – Model 5 – Serial Number X – 17 Jewels - Grade 182

EA 813C – Athabasca Made in U.S.A. – 18-size – Model 12 – Serial# ATHABASCA12A – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

EA 813C – Athabasca Made in U.S.A. – 18-size – Model 12 – Serial# ATHABASCA12B – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

EA 813C – Athabasca Made in U.S.A. – 18-size – Model 12 – Serial# ATHABASCA12C – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

EA 821 – Athabasca Made in U.S.A. – 6-size – Model 18 – Serial# 3252188 – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

EA 821 – Athabasca Made in U.S.A. – 6-size – Model 18 – Serial# 3252273 – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

Athabasca is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size open-face Model 12, and 6-size hunting Model 18.

Athabasca

EA 813C – Athabasca Made in U.S.A. – 18-size – Model 12 – Serial# 1050460 – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

Banner is a private label in Seth Thomas 6-size Model 16.

Banner

EA 820 – Banner – 6-size – Model 16 – Serial# 161507 – 7 Jewels - Grade 35

EA 822 – Bennett Mfg Co. New York – 6-size – Model 24 – Serial# 3053918 – 7 Jewels - Grade 322

Bennett Mfg Co is a private label in Seth Thomas 6-size open-face Model 24.

Bennett Mfg Co. New York

EA 822 – Bennett Mfg Co. New York – 6-size – Model 24 – Serial# 3053828 – 7 Jewels - Grade 322

EA 806 – Bismark – 18-size – Model 2 – Serial# 86422 – 11 Jewels - Grade 156


EA 806 – Bismark – 18-size – Model 2 – Serial# 86441 – 11 Jewels - Grade 156

EA 807 – Bismark – 18-size – Model 3 – Serial# 87814 – 11 Jewels - Grade 155

Bismark U.S.A. is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size hunting Model 2 and Seth Thomas 18-size open-face Model 3.

Bismark

EA 806 – Bismark – 18-size – Model 2 – Serial# 86401 – 11 Jewels - Grade 156


John M. Bonnet ZANESVILLE, OHIO is a private label in Seth Thomas Model 3.

John Mathias Bonnet was a clockmaker and jeweler in Zanesville Ohio. The 1850 United States Census shows that he was 37 years old, born in Germany in 1813, and that he had a wife, Barbara, and five children including John M. Bonnet, jr.  A January 3, 1883, Probate Record shows that John M. Bonnet died and left his jewelry business at 156 Main Street to his three sons John, Albert, and Samuel. He would have died in late 1882 for this record to have been created so early in 1883. The 1907 Zanesville Ohio city directory shows John M. Bonnet, a jeweler, residing with his wife Helina, at 425 Locust Avenue. Six years later, in 1913, the area in which the jewelry store was located was devastated by a flood which destroyed many of the businesses. Google maps show that 156 Main Street was on the corner of 2nd Street and that the property backed directly against the Muskingum River canal.

The paired photographs below show the lower end of Main Street where the John M. Bonnet wholesale and retail jewelry business was located, near the Zanesville Y-Bridge.

The top pair of postcard photographs show an arial view of the Y-Bridge, prior to the 1913 flood, one postcard with the 156 Main Street area highlighted in purple.  The water tower on Main Street, adjacent to the Y-Bridge is also highlighted to serve as a landmark and reference point for orientation. The 2nd (“Second”) Street railroad bridge is also a valuable landmark as 156 Main Street was near the corner of 2nd (“Second”) Street.

The second pair of photographs show the Y-Bridge underwater in the flooded river. The water tower and approximate area of 156 Main Street are highlighted in green as reference points.

The third pair of photographs are shot from the lower end of Main Street with the water tower and Y-Bridge located behind the photographer, out of the view of the camera.  A building that was adjacent to 156 Main Street is highlighted in green as a reference point.

A fourth pair of photographs will show damage in the area of 2nd (“Second”) Street and Main Street, where 156 Main Street had been. The water tower and approximate area of 156 are highlighted in green.

John M. Bonnet ZANESVILLE, OHIO.

EA 807 – John M. Bonnet ZANESVILLE, OHIO – 18-size – Model 3 – Serial# 14286 – 11 Jewels - Grade 55

J. M. Bostwick PORT WASHINGTON, WI

EA 806 - J. M. Bostwick PORT WASHINGTON, WI - 18-size - Model 4 - Serial# 51906 - 7 Jewels - Grade 11

John Martin Bostwick and John Martin Bostwick, jr were the jewelers and proprietors of John M. Bostwick & Son, the oldest business house in the City of Port Washington Wisconsin from 1870 through 1933.

In 1888 J. M. Bostwick, sr. opened the Wisconsin Chair Company which eventually provided half of Port Washington’s jobs, which led to a surge almost doubling the city’s population. In 1899 the Wisconsin Chair Company caught fire and created a conflagration that burned down half of Port Washington. The business was insured and rebuilt an even larger factory in a location with direct access to the railroad.

The pocket watch movement has what appears to be an after-market engraving "J. M. Bostwick Port Washington Wis".  An obituary for John Martin Bostwick, jr., who pre-deceased his father read: “He died at age 60. John was the son of J.M. Bostwick, Sr, President of the Wisconsin Chair Company. He was born in Port Washington. He took jewelry and engraving and had been proprietor of the J.M. Bostwick Jewelry Company for 35 years. He is survived by his wife Daisy, his father, a brother Ed, five sisters, Mrs Nellie Ramsey, Mrs Otto Pfeil, Mrs Ione Fairbands, Mrs Allen Cady, Mrs Harry Henery.

E.G. Bowyer ALGONA, IOWA, KOSSUTH is a private label in Seth Thomas Model 2.

According to the 1913 History of Kossuth County Iowa; E. G. Bowyer was a jeweler in the city of Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa from 1878 through the time of publication in 1913. Reports also indicate that he was some sort of official to whom deaths were reported in order to validate life insurance claims.

E.G. Bowyer ALGONA, IOWA. KOSSUTH

EA 806 – E.G. Bowyer ALGONA, IOWA, KOSSUTH – 18-size – Model 2 – Serial# 73706–7 Jewels - Grade 56

EA 816 – Centennial – 12-size – Pendant Model 22 – Serial# 3277689 – 7 Jewels - Named Grade Centennial

EA 822 – Centennial – 6-size – Pendant Model 24 – Serial# 3052795 – 15 Jewels - Centennial Grade 322

Centennial is a Seth Thomas Factory Named Grade encompassing Model 21, Model 22, and Model 24.

Centennial (Factory Named Grade)

EA 815 – Centennial – 16-size – Pendant Model 21 – Serial Number 1322579 – 7 Jewels - Centennial Grade 332

In the summer of 1913 the Seth Thomas Clock Company issued Centennial Medals to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the original founding of the company in 1813.  The medals were designed by Seth Thomas jr., the great-grandson of the founder of the Seth Thomas Clock Company. The Centennial Medals were two and one half inches (2 1/2”) in diameter, struck in bronze with a gold finish.  The obverse displays a portrait of Seth Thomas, in relief. Around the edge it reads “To Commemorate The 100th Year of Seth Thomas Clock Co”.  At the sides of the portrait “ Seth Thomas” and “1785-1859” is inscribed. On the reverse there is a figure representing Father Time holding a pendulum in his right hand swinging over a scale marked 1813 - 1913.  The pendulum ball bears the Seth Thomas trade mark. In Father Time’s left hand is a scythe.  To his right is an hourglass.

 

Later that year on September 1st of 1913 the Seth Thomas Clock Company released its Catalog No. 701 “Seth Thomas Watch Movements”. Catalog No. 701 was also marked as the “Centennial Edition” Trade Price List. 

Within the 1913 Centennial Edition Trade Price List Seth Thomas introduced “Seth Thomas ‘Centennial’ Open-Face Watches”, 7-jewel high grade movements in three sizes. All of the movements were pendant set, utilized the Breguet hairspring, and came cased and timed from the factory.

EA 814 – Century U.S.A. – 18-size – Model 11 – STF Serial# CENTURY11D – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

EA 813C – Century U.S.A. – 18-size – Model 12 – STF Serial Number CENTURY12C – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

EA 814A – Century U.S.A. – 18-size – Model 13 – Serial# 173701 – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

EA 821 – Century U.S.A. – 6-size – Model 18 – Serial# 983024 – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

EA 822 – Century U.S.A. – 6-size – Pendant Model 24 – Serial# 3071734 – 7 Jewels - Grade 320

It has been reported to me that my imagery of this watch has been placed on another Seth Thomas pocket watch website in violation of copyright law.

Century U.S.A. is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size Model 10, Model 11, Model 12, and Model 13, and 6-size hunting Model 18 and 6-size open-face Model 24. Access the Seth Thomas Photo Album by Model Number to see more Century U.S.A. pocket watches.

Century (Factory Named Grade) - Century U.S.A. Private Label

EA 813– Century U.S.A. – 18-size – Model 10 – STF Serial# CENTURY10B – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

In the Sears, Roebuck & Company 1896 Spring Catalog No 102 Seth Thomas pocket watches were not a big story. There were no images of Seth Thomas movements or dials. They were included in the list of choices for watch movements to fill the advertised watch cases as the low-end seven jewel option. It wasn’t until the 1898 Fall Catalog No 107 (shown below) that images of Seth Thomas movements were on display in the Sears, Roebuck & Company catalog.  The first images included two seven-jewel Model 10 private labels, Pan-American and Century U.S.A., both lauded for their reliability.  The Century movement and glitzy case combination was marketed as a “Trading Watch”; before that definition included the installation of fake jewels covering the pivots on the top plate, and false movement markings claiming 17, 21, or 23 jewels and that the movement was adjusted.

Century movements were phased out of the Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalog product line starting in the Fall of 1901 with the introduction of the Edgemere line; and Century was gone in the 1902 Fall catalog.  Century movements were then seen for sale in the catalogs of A.C. Becken, Brooks Optical, Butler Brothers of New York, N. Shure Company, John M. Smyth Company, Holsman & Alter, Lapp & Flershem, Moore & Evans, W.H. Lasselle, and Otto Young & Co.

These are Century U.S.A. Trading Watch dials that have been placed temporarily on other Model 12 movements.  An actual Century U.S.A. Trading Watch, serial number 1066094, can be found in the Pocket Watch Database Seth Thomas Image Gallery for Model 12.

Century U.S.A. Trading Watch is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size Model 12.

Century U.S.A. Trading Watch

EA 813C – Century U.S.A. Trading Watch – 18-size – Model 12 – Serial# X – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

Chautauqua is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size Model 5 and 6-size Model 14. There is not one in this collection; but a Chautauqua, serial number 228528, can be found in the Pocket Watch Database Seth Thomas Image Gallery for Model 5.

Chautauqua

EA 810 – Chautauqua – 18-size – Model 5 – Serial# xxxxxx – 15 Jewels - Grade 173

Photos taken of an exhibit at the American Clock and Watch Museum in Bristol Connecticut on 04/14/2024.

EA 814 – Colonial U.S.A. – 18-size – Model 11 – Serial# NONE – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

EA 813C – Colonial U.S.A. – 18-size – Model 12 – STF Serial# COLONIAL12A – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

EA 814A – Colonial U.S.A. – 18-size – Model 13 – Serial# NONE – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

Colonial U.S.A. is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size Model 10, Model 11, Model 12, and Model 13.

Colonial U.S.A.

EA 813 – Colonial U.S.A. – 18-size – Model 10 – Serial# NONE – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

It has been reported to me that my imagery of this watch has been placed on another Seth Thomas pocket watch website in violation of copyright law.

EA 820 – Columbia New York – 6-size – Model 16 – Serial# X – 7 Jewels - Grade 35

Columbia New York is a private label in Seth Thomas 6-size hunting Model 15 and Model 16.

Columbia New York

EA 819 – Columbia New York – 6-size – Model 15 – Serial# 154690 – 7 Jewels - Grade 5

EA 813C– Corona Watch Co. New York U.S.A. – 18-size – Model 12 – Serial# CORONA12C – 7 Jewels - Named Grade Century

EA 813C– Corona Watch Co. New York U.S.A. – 18-size – Model 12 – Serial Number CORONA12E – 7 Jewels - Named Grade Century

EA 814A– Corona Watch Co. New York U.S.A. – 18-size – Model 13 – Serial# CORONA13B – 7 Jewels - Named Grade Century

EA 814A– Corona Watch Co. New York U.S.A. – 18-size – Model 13 – Serial# CORONA13C – 7 Jewels - Named Grade Century

EA 814A– Corona Watch Co. New York U.S.A. – 18-size – Model 13 – Serial# CORONA13A – 7 Jewels - Named Grade Century

Corona Watch Co. New York U.S.A. is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size Model 10, Model 11, Model 12 and Model 13.

Trade Marks – Watch Cases, Pocket Watches, and Precious Stones by Roy Ehrhardt identifies “Corona Watch Co., New York” as a trademark for “R. R. Fogel Co. – Retail” with watches manufactured by the Seth Thomas Watch Company.

The 1889 edition of the “New York City Directory” R.R. Fogel & Co. operated as the jewelry business of Ruben R. Fogel at 401 Broadway in New York City. Ruben R. Fogel lived at 143 E. 15th Street.

The 1910 United States Census reports that Ruben R. Fogel was a 40-year-old male jeweler, living at 157 Fort Washington Avenue in New York City.  According to the 1912 edition of the “New York City Directory” R.R. Fogel & Co. operated as the jewelry business of Ruben R. Fogel at 177 Broadway in New York City.

New York City Death Certificate # 26811 indicates that Ruben R. Fogel died on November 30, 1927, in Manhattan New York.

A December 27, 1927 article in the New York Times disclosed that Ruben Robert Fogel had left the bulk of two-million dollars to the orphanage that had sheltered him as a child.

Corona Watch Co. New York U.S.A.

EA 813 – Corona Watch Co. New York U.S.A. – 18-size – Model 10 – Serial# CORONA10A – 7 Jewels - Named Grade Century

EA 813C– Corona Watch Co. New York U.S.A. – 18-size – Model 12 – Serial# CORONA12A – 7 Jewels - Named Grade Century

Cosmopolitan is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size Model 5. There is not one in this collection; but a Cosmopolitan, serial number 225460, can be found in the Pocket Watch Database Seth Thomas Image Gallery for Model 5.

Cosmopolitan

EA 810 – Cosmopolitan – 18-size – Model 5 – Serial Number None – 17 Jewels

EA 821 – Countess Janet – 6-size – Model 18 – Serial# 966625 – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

Countess Janet is a private label in Seth Thomas 6-size hunting Model 18 manufactured for Sears, Roebuck & Company for sale in their mail order catalog.

Countess Janet

EA 821 – Countess Janet – 6-size – Model 18 – Serial# 962426 – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

In the Sears, Roebuck & Company 1905 Catalog No 115 and 1907 Spring and Fall Catalogs the Seth Thomas private label pocket watch, Countess Janet, was advertised. The Countess Janet movements were marketed as a “Trading Watch” in the way that we use that term today to describe 7-jewel movements that utilized fake jewels covering the pivots on the top plate, and false movement markings claiming 17, 21, or 23 jewels and that the movement was adjusted.

Bosill Couri is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size Model 5. 

The combined information from the 1900 U.S. Census, the 1905 Death Record of Bosell Couri, and the Portland Maine City Directory tells us that after emigrating from Syria; Bosell Couri was a jeweler in Portland Maine until his death in 1905 at age 31.  He was a jeweler with a close family member, probably a brother, Bshara G. Couri, with whom he shared a residence, and who continued to be a jeweler after the death of Bosell Couri. 

 There are pocket watches with locomotives on their dials bearing the signature “B. G. Couri Special” that were produced for his brother Bshara by other watch manufacturers.

Bosill Couri

EA 810 – Bosill Couri – 18-size – Model 5 – Serial# 225562 – 15 Jewels - Grade 159

Cowell & Hubbard is a private label in the Seth Thomas 18-size Model 8 Companion travel timepiece. 

Cowell & Hubbard Company was a jewelry store in Cleveland Ohio that was founded in 1861. It presently has 10 branch stores in Ohio; but the Cleveland store had to be closed because it was in a high-risk area. There is a November 1, 1891, Cowell & Hubbard advertisement shown below from the Leader and Herald, Sunday edition.

Cowell & Hubbard

EA 811A – Cowell & Hubbard– 18-size – Model 8 Companion – Serial# 846425 – 7 Jewels - Grade 36

Criterion is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size Model 12 and Model 13.

Criterion

EA 813C – Criterion – 18-size – Model 12 – Serial# X – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

Diamond Watch Co. is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size Model 6 and Model 7.

Diamond Watch Co.

EA 811 – Diamond Watch Co. – 18-size – Model 6 – Serial# X – 7 Jewels - Grade 36

EA 812 – Garden City/Liberty/Eagle – 18-size – Model 7 – Serial# 518837 – 7 Jewels - Grade 37

Garden City/Liberty/Eagle is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size Model 6 and Model 7.

Garden City/Liberty/Eagle

EA 811 – Garden City/Liberty/Eagle – 18-size – Model 6 – Serial# 517638 – 7 Jewels - Grade 36

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.

EA 806 – Earle – 18-size – Model 2 – Serial# 76834 – 15 Jewels - Grade 71

EA 806 – Earle – 18-size – Model 2 – Serial# 505814 – 15 Jewels - Grade 52

EA 818 – Earle – 6-size – Model 14 – Serial# 105133 – 7 Jewels - Grade 46

Earle Watch Company

“Earle Watch Company” is a private label within Seth Thomas Model 2, Model 3, and Model 14. Some of the Earle Watch Company dials are signed with an EWC cluster monogram.  Others are signed EARLE in all capital letters.

The Earle Watch Company private label pocket watches were manufactured by Seth Thomas for William G. Earle, a Philadelphia jeweler born in 1850, whose store was first located at 13 N. 9th Street and later at 1030 Market Street, from 1881 until his death in 1915. William G. Earle served as a Carrier for the U.S. Postal Service from 1871-1887, prior to becoming a jeweler.

The Earle Watch Company also contracted with Illinois Watch Company to produce its Earle Watch Company pocket watch in an 18-size Railroad Grade with 21 ruby jewels, nickel finish, and micrometric regulator, that was stem wound, lever set, and adjusted.  It was Illinois Watch Company Model 6 with a full plate.

Earle

EA 807 – Earle – 18-size – Model 3 – Serial# 73278 – 15 Jewels - Grade 201

EA 811A – Edgemere – 18-size – Model 8 – Serial# 792507 – 12 Jewels - Grade 110

EA 812A – Edgemere – 18-size – Model 9 – Serial# 788732 – 17 Jewels - Grade 211

EA 812A – Edgemere – 18-size – Model 9 – Serial Number 789726 – 12 Jewels - Grade 111

EA 813C – Edgemere – 18-size – Model 12 – Serial# 1003934 – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

EA 814A – Edgemere – 18-size – Model 13 – Serial# EDGEMERE13A – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

EA 820 – Edgemere – 6-size – Model 16 – Serial# 198407 – 11 Jewels - Grade 105

EA 820 – Edgemere – 6-size – Model 17 – Serial# 460205 – 7 Jewels - Grade 35

EA 820 – Edgemere – 6-size – Model 17 – Serial# 461253 – 12 Jewels - Grade 125

EA 820 – Edgemere – 6-size – Model 17 – Serial# 462611 – 17 Jewels - Grade 225

Edgemere is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size Model 8, Model 9, Model 12, Model 13, and 6-size Model 16 and Model 17 manufactured for Sears, Roebuck & Company for sale in their retail catalog.

Edgemere

EA 811A – Edgemere – 18-size – Model 8 – Serial# 786422 – 17 Jewels - Grade 210

In the Sears, Roebuck & Company 1901 Fall Catalog No 111M the 6-size 11-Jewel Model 16 Edgemere pocket watch movement manufactured by Seth Thomas debuted. This was the beginning of the Century movements’ being phased out of the Sears, Roebuck & Company catalogs.  The 11-Jewel Model 16 Edgemere has a unique appearance among the Seth Thomas Edgemere movements.  It is the only one that bears the engraving of Sears, Roebuck & Co. on its top plate and the engraving font is different than the others, and as is frequently the case, quite different from the engraving on the cut displayed in the advertisements. It is a rarely seen version of the Seth Thomas Edgemere private label movements. The 17-jewel Model 17 Edgemere movement should also be recognized as the only 6-size Seth Thomas movement to have been fitted with more than 15 jewels. This movement also bears a unique finish pattern that sets it aside from all other 6-size movements.

EA 818 – A. Eichler – 6-size – Model 14 – Serial# 143647– 7 Jewels - Grade 46 (as seen on eBay)

A. Eichler is a private label, on dial only, in Seth Thomas 6-size Model 14 and Model 15.

A. Eichler New York

EA 819 – A. Eichler – 6-size – Model 15Serial# 134615– 7 Jewels - Grade 5

EA 812 – Empire State Watch Company – 18-size – Model 7 – Serial# X – 7 Jewels

Empire State Watch Co. is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size Model 6 and Model 7.

Empire State Watch Co.

EA 811 – Empire State Watch Co. – 18-size – Model 6 – Serial# 528579 – 7 Jewels - Grade 36

Engine Special is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size hunting Model 12.

Engine Special

EA 813C – Engine Special – 18-size – Model 12 – Serial# 1091017 – 7 Jewels - Factory Named Grade Century

Gustave Fehrs is a private label in Seth Thomas 18-size Model 4 on the dial only.

Gustave Adolph Fehrs was an optometrist and jeweler in Manitowoc Wisconsin from the late 1800’s until 1935. His father Gustave Karl Fehrs owned and operated a jewelry store from 1855 until his death in 1898, at which time Gustave Adolph Fehrs continued on in his place.

Gustave Fehrs

EA 809 – Gustave Fehrs – 18-size – Model 4 – Serial# 60394 – 7 Jewels - Grade 11

*References

 1.     Bailey, Chris H.; Seth Thomas Watches 1885-1915; 1981; Published by American Clock & Watch Museum, Inc.; Printed by The Bond Press, Inc., Hartford CT  06106; ISBN 0-930476-09-3

1.a 1885 R. & L. Freidlander Jobbers In American Watches Illustrated Price List, 65 & 67 Nassau Street, New York NY

1.b 1890 Illustrated Catalogue of Seth Thomas Clocks No. 495

1.c 1892 Illustrated Catalogue of Seth Thomas Clocks No. 531

1.d 1890 & 1895 Illustrated Catalog of Tools Materials, Finding and Supplies, Lapp & Flershem, 98 State Street, Chicago IL

1.e 1895 Illustrated Catalog of Tools Materials, Finding and Supplies, Lapp & Flershem, 98 State Street, Chicago IL

1.f  1896 Illustrated Catalog of Watches, A. C. Becken, 103 State Street, Chicago IL

1.g 1904 Seth Thomas Watch Material Catalog No. 650

1.h 1904 Seth Thomas Watch Material Illustrated Price List No. 671

1.i 1905 Seth Thomas Watch Movements Illustrated Price List September 15, 1905

1.j 1908 Seth Thomas Watch Movements Illustrated Price List September 1, 1908

1.k 1909 Seth Thomas Watch Movements Illustrated Price List October 1, 1909

1.l 1913 Seth Thomas Watch Movements Illustrated Price List Centennial Edition September 1, 1913

1.m 1914 Seth Thomas Clock Company Supplement No. 705 to Catalog No. 700 Illustrated Price List September 1, 1908

1.n Catalog of Seth Thomas Watch Models and Grades, compiled by Daniel J. Gaenger

1.o Seth Thomas’ Watches: Thirty Years of Manufacture, by Chris H. Bailey

1.p United States Patents granted to Herman A. T. Reinecke and Charles T. Higginbotham for watch features utilized by the  Seth Thomas Company

  

2.     Criss, David; Collectors Price Guide to American Pocket Watches 1976 Edition; 1976

  

3.     Criss, David; Collectors Price Guide to American Pocket Watches 4th Edition; 1980

  

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11.            Ehrhardt, Roy and Meggers, William “Bill”; Encyclopedia and Price Guide to American Pocket Watches; 1982; Printed by Heart of America Press, Umatilla Florida 32784; ISBN: 0-913902-33-0

  

12.            Ehrhardt, Roy; American Pocket Watches – Price Guide; 1972; Printed by Heart of America Press, Umatilla Florida 32784; ISBN: 09-13902-53-5

 

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18.            Field & Company, Marshall; 1896 Illustrated Catalogue of Jewelry & Fashion; 1896; Adams, Quincy, Franklin, 5th Avenue, Chicago

  

19.            Holsman & Alter; Holsman & Alter Catalog; Unknown Date; 179 Madison Street, Chicago Illinois

  

20.            Lapp & Flershem, The Busiest House in America – 1889 Illustrated Catalogue; 1889; Chicago Illinois, USA

  

21.            Montgomery Ward & Company; Catalogue No. 57; Spring & Summer; 1895; Chicago Illinois, USA

  

22.            National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors

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23.            Oskamp, Nolting & Co.; The Great American Jewelry Catalog; 1905; Cincinnati Ohio

 

24.            Pocket Watch Database

  

25.            Roddin & Company, E. V.; Jewelry, Watches, and Silverware; 1895; The American Historical Catalog Collection

  

26.            Sears, Roebuck & Company; Consumer’s Guide for 1894; 1894; Chicago Illinois, USA

  

27.            Sears, Roebuck & Company; Catalogue No. 110; 1900; Chicago Illinois, USA

  

28.            Sears, Roebuck & Company; Catalogue No. 111; 1902; Chicago Illinois, USA

  

29.            Sears, Roebuck & Company; Catalogue No. 115; 1905; Chicago Illinois, USA

  

30.            Sears, Roebuck & Company; Catalogue No. 121; 1910; Chicago Illinois, USA

  

31.            Sears, Roebuck & Company; Catalogue No. 123; 1911; Chicago Illinois, USA

  

32.            Sears, Roebuck & Company; Catalogue No. 125; 1912; Chicago Illinois, USA

  

33.            Sears, Roebuck & Company; Catalogue No. 127; 1913; Chicago Illinois, USA

  

34.            Sears, Roebuck & Company; Compiled Catalogue; 1905-1910; Chicago Illinois, USA

  

35.            Seth Thomas Clock Company; Seth Thomas Clocks No. 531;1892-1893; 49 Maiden Lane, New York New York.

  

36.            Seth Thomas Clock Company; Seth Thomas Clocks No. 675;1909-1910; 15 Maiden Lane, New York New York.

  

37.            Seth Thomas Clock Company; Seth Thomas Clocks No. 675;1909-1910; 15 Maiden Lane, New York New York.

  

38.            Shugart, Cooksey; Complete Price Guide to American Pocket Watches – First Edition; 1981; Published by Overstreet Pulications, Inc. 780 Hunt Cliff Dr. N.W., Cleveland TN  37311; ISBN: 0-517-543788

  

39.            Shugart, Cooksey; Gilbert, Richard; Engle, Tom; Complete Price Guide to Watches - 2012; Published by Tinderbox Press; ISBN: 978-0-9829487-1-2

  

40.            Shure Company, N.; The Shure Winner Pricelist; 1909; Chicago Illinois

  

41.            Smyth & Company, John, M.; Dictionary of Economy - No. 62; 1909; Chicago Illinois

  

42.            Young & Company; Catalogue of Watches – Illustrated & Priced;1911; Chicago Illinois USA