Seeking case mark makers id

[dan y4k]

Hello,
I am seeking this 18s pocket watch case mark makers name? The case is silveroid.
What is the Schwitter & Renaud case mark?

 

[4thdimension]

Sears&Roebuck I believe.-Cort

 

[Steven Thornberry]

If you would like more info. on the watch, post pictures of the dial and movement.

 

[dan y4k]

If you would like more info. on the watch, post pictures of the dial and movement.

No movement was in my ggfather’s case.

 

[Kent]

Sears&Roebuck I believe.-Cort

Cort:

It makes more sense if people remember that the name wasn't ever "Sears&Roebuck". It was/is "Sears, Roebuck and Co."

 

[4thdimension]

Cort:

It makes more sense if people remember that the name wasn't ever "Sears&Roebuck". It was/is "Sears, Roebuck and Co."

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True. -Cort

 

[dan y4k]

True. -Cort

Thank you all,
Thank you 4thdimension, Steven, Cort, and Kent you all have been a great help.

 

[dan y4k]

Seems some Sears, Roebuck & Co cases were built by.Illinois Case Co. Illinois Case Co. did make a matching serial number watch in 1882.
How many watch brands did Sears, Roebuck & Co sell?

 

[dan y4k]

Illinois watch manufacturered stem wind movements starting 1875.

 

[Kent]

... How many watch brands did Sears, Roebuck & Co sell?

Here are some of the movements that Sears, Roebuck sold:

• Elgin
• Hamilton
• Hampden
• Illinois
• New England Watch Co.
• New Columbus
• New York Standard Watch Co.
• Rockford (Plymouth)
• Seth Thomas
• Trenton
• Waltham

 

[musicguy]

I had to add this great thread about "Sears, Roebuck and Co." watches

R.W Sears or Sears Roebuck & Co. Watches | NAWCC Forums

When I grew up Sears was one of the "go to" places
that had absolutely everything you would need
in one convenient local store.


Rob

 

[dan y4k]

Sears-Roebuck Watches

“Sears was not a watch manufacturer, but contracted watches initially from Elgin, and later from Illinois who produced "private label" watches as a major part of their business. Elgin produced watches for Sears as early as 1886; marked with the "R.W. Sears" name on both movement and dial.

Illinois also started producing watches for Sears in 1886, making 7-jewel, gilded-plate IWC-grade watches marked "R.W. Sears Watch Co., Minneapolis, Minn." and labeled "FAMOUS" on the movement. Note that the Illinois-produced watches were marked only on the movement; they were not marked on the dial (perhaps because Illinois charged an extra $1 per watch to customize the dial with the private-label name). Sears also used the names "RAILROAD MAGNET", "DEFIANCE", "TIME CARD", and the somewhat self-aggrandizing "RICHARD" on their watch movements.

Sears also sold watches under the "Edgemere" brand name, made by Seth Thomas, Trenton, and various Swiss manufacturers. The "Plymouth" brand name used watches from Rockford, Illinois, and several other manufacturers.

The "Interstate Chronometer" brand name, produced exclusively by Illinois for Sears, probably represented Sears' highest-quality watch line. Some of the highest grade Illinois watch movements, including the 23-jewel Bunn Special, were used in the Sears "Interstate Chronometer" line.”
Quote from Renaissance Watch Repair, www.pocketwatchrepair.com