Here are a few Photos of the Waltham Watch Factory Today. It is now used as Offices and Condos.

Great scenes. Were these from your trip back there this summer?

Beautiful! I'm so glad that the building was used for something and not thoughtlessly torn down, as was the fate of the Elgin building in Illinois. The Hamilton Watch Company complex in Lancaster,PA is another beautiful example of preservation of these historic landmarks. Thanks for posting these. Regards, Brad

I have a banker friend who lives and works in Waltham, and I remember years ago he was telling me the decision to build condos or tear the whole thing down was resting on a razor thin edge.

The property value was WAY up there if they could tear the factory down, but the historical aspect of the buildings had a huge say-so in how they should proceed.

He had been attending public hearings when they were held, and the locals were very 'vocal' in their disapproval of the 'tear down' approach.

Fortunately they chose 'wisely'.

He also told me that he used to walk the river bank below the factory with his Dad when the river was down and look for old disgarded dials. The factory used to just dump inperfect dials into the river out the back door.

Regards! Mark