Overview of Seth Thomas Pocket Watches
Characteristics of Seth Thomas Pocket Watch Models
Named Grades, Private Labels, and Special Use Timepieces
Records, Research, and Sources of Information
Sizes and Models, Winding and Setting
Movement Finishes
Seth Thomas Pocket Watch Dials & Hands
Cash Buyers' Union
Pocket Watch Cases
Seth Thomas Ephemera
Larkin Company

Holsman & Alter

Information from Wholesale, Retail, and Manufacturer’s Catalogs

A.C. Becken
Brooks Optical Co.
Hofman Jewelry Co.
Butler Brothers
C.H. Knights
Holsman and Alter
J.H. Purdy
J.M. Smyth and Co.
Lapp and Flershem
Montgomery Ward
N. Shure
Sears, Roebuck Co.
S.F. Myers
Young & Co.
Seth Thomas
Pocket Watch Dbase
Roy Ehrhardt

Holsman & Alter of Chicago was advertising Century movements, originally unique only to Sears, Roebuck & Company, on Page 1 in their catalog in the early 1900’s.  This catalog must have be dated between Fall of 1902 when Sears stopped advertising Century, and 1915 when Holsman & Alter became Alter Jewelry.

Overview of Seth Thomas Pocket Watches
Characteristics of Seth Thomas Pocket Watch Models
Named Grades, Private Labels, and Special Use Timepieces
Records, Research, and Sources of Information
Sizes and Models, Winding and Setting
Movement Finishes
Seth Thomas Pocket Watch Dials & Hands
Cash Buyers' Union
Pocket Watch Cases
Seth Thomas Ephemera
Larkin Company

Holsman & Alter

Information from Wholesale, Retail, and Manufacturer’s Catalogs

A.C. Becken
Brooks Optical Co.
Hofman Jewelry Co.
Butler Brothers
C.H. Knights
Holsman and Alter
J.H. Purdy
J.M. Smyth and Co.
Lapp and Flershem
Montgomery Ward
N. Shure
Sears, Roebuck Co.
S.F. Myers
Young & Co.
Seth Thomas
Pocket Watch Dbase
Roy Ehrhardt