This 1907 Seth Thomas open-face 18-size Model 5 pocket watch was manufactured with a gilt finished full plate, 7 jewels, and it is not adjusted. The movement is stem wound and pendant set, with a Breguet hair spring, and plain/simple regulator. Its serial number is 307888, and its grade is Seth Thomas numbered grade 57. The movement is signed J. C. Broghamer - Jeweler - Mt. Carmel, PA.
“J. C. Broghamer - Jeweler - Mt. Carmel, PA.” is a private label in Seth Thomas Model 5.
Julius Charles Broghamer, born on April 3, 1866, in Pennsylvania, was a jeweler at 38 South Oak Street (successor to B. F. Kessler at that address) in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania where he lived at 258 North Main Street with his wife Lena (Magdalena), his son Carl, and his daughter Dorothy. J. C. Broghamer worked as jeweler and watchmaker until his death on January 4, 1932, at the age of sixty-six.
The private label movement is not presently cased.
The postcard photographs below show Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania at the turn of the twentieth century.
The top-left advertisement appeared in the Mount Carmel Item on Monday June 20, 1910, on page 4. The top-center advertisement appeared in the Mount Carmel Item on Monday October 16, 1911, on page 4. The top-right advertisement appeared in the Mount Carmel Item on Wednesday November 8, 1911, on page 2.
The bottom-left advertisement appeared in the Mount Carmel Item on Wednesday June 12, 1912, on page 4. The bottom-center advertisement appeared in the Mount Carmel Item on Thursday Dec 10, 1914, on page 8. The bottom-right article/obituary appeared in the Shamokin News-Dispatch on Monday January 4, 1932, on page 2.
J. C. Broghamer - Jeweler - Mt. Carmel, PA. (Not in STFS Collection)
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