waltham watch serial number lookup pocket

You might even include a CD or, better yet, a USB thumb drive with copies of the pictures or information, in addition to the printouts. Make up a booklet with this and all of the watch information and try to keep it with the watch.

Then, add the names and relationships of the family members who passed it down to the current holder. Having gathered and printed out information about a family watch, it is a wise idea to write out as much as you know about the family member to whom the watch originally belonged. The Encyclopedia article on Choosing a Pocket Watch Repair Person may be useful as well. It may be helpful for you to read the Encyclopedia article on Watch Service and its related links, especially the one to the message board thread on the subject. Unless you know that it has been cleaned and oiled within the last few years, you should have the watch serviced before running it very much. I may be off by a few years as this isn't my area of expertise.Īlthough not all that old or of medium-to-high-grade, the watch is still a family heirloom and deserves some respect. I think that the company that purchased the rights had modest watches like yours built, bearing the Waltham name, sometime around the 1960s and maybe later (and possibly in the late 1950s). The rights to use the 'Waltham' name on watches marketed in the U.S. They were made after watch production at Waltham ceased in the mid-to-late 1950s.

You can't find the serial numbers because these watches don't have serial numbers.

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Waltham watch serial number lookup pocket