Hamilton Pocket Watch Edit

[terry hall]

this appears to be information from the case.
you need to go a little deeper.
there may be another cover there, when you get to the movment itself you will see the workings of the watch.

also, it would make the thread read easier if you brought up your original thread and clicked 'reply'. that way the information will be located in one place.

[Kent]

phlamingokid:

The Keystone J.Boss case was one of the better gold-filled cases that were available for pocket watches.

According to "History of the American Watch Case," Warren H. Niebling, Whitmore Publishing, Philadelphia, PA, 1971 (available on loan by mail to members from the NAWCC Library):

1853 - Randolf & Reese Peters were making cases in Philadelphia, employing James Boss.

1859 - J. Boss received a patent for "spinning up" cases made of "gold-filled" type material. That is, material made of a sheet of composition metal (usually brass) sandwiched between two thin sheets of gold.

1871 - J. Boss sold patent rights to John Stuckert of Philadelphia.

1875 - T.B. Hagstoz & Charles N. Thorpe formed Hagstoz & Thorpe, purchasing the manufacturing facilities and "J. Boss" patent from the estate of John Stuckert.

1883 - 1885 - T.B Hagstoz withdrew from the company which became C.N. Thorpe Co. and shortly thereafter it was reorganized as the Keystone Watch Case Co.

Keystone then went on to absorb other case companies (and several watch companies), becoming one of the largest case manufacturers in the country. Keystone stayed in business another 80+ years.

Here's what a typical Keystone J.Boss ad looked like in 1907.

Kent