Question about Philadelphia watch co.

[watchfriends]

Hello,

is it right that the movements from 1870 comes from "international watch co."?

Best Regrads
Norbert

[Greg Frauenhoff]

Norbert,

I recall a short write-up about Phil. in the NAWCC Bulletin wherein a group of invoices were described that indicated the origin of Phil. mvts, but I don't have the reference at had. I also seem to recall that the write-up was by either Larry or Jerry Treiman. I'm sure that Jerry will respond with all the details.

[Jerry Treiman]

The article that Greg refers to was written by my brother, Larry, in 1978. In the short Bulletin article he presents the facts of a small group of customs papers that document the shipment of watch movements, tools and materials to E.Paulus in Philadelphia from the firm of Alexandre Bonsack of Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. There was no indication who the actual manufacturer may have been. The papers are dated from March 1874. I don't have any information on watch movements from 1870. However, the 1874 invoices covered movements with serial number in the one-thousands, two-thousands, five-thousands, six-thousands and ten-thousands, so it sounds like Paulus' watches may not have begun too much earlier.

[watchfriends]

Thanks :clap: I found a information from "Nachtmotte" he says there was 2 different factorys.

International watch co. Schaffhausen
International watch co. Philadelphia

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