August 10, 2009, 01:32
David Abbe"WWCO" What!?
Today after finally reassembling my W.I. 16s Elgin that has no W.I. "guts", for mental therapy I went on to do a couple more reliably predictable watches, first a very pretty "20th Century" Montgomery Wards Model made by Seth Thomas (whatta watchmaker, if I was to bet on who got the most bang for their buck it haddabe S.T.W.Co.!) and then I dug up this 1911 vintage Montgomery Dialed Waltham . . . the movement started the stars twirling in my head. So much writing all over the movement plates, very unlike a Waltham, BUT

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THIS IS A WWCo.!!!?The Regulator stuff looks like a Waltham-made E Howard bridge model Gooseneck and Knife Blade! Then everything is gold plated and gold filled. Even shows 4 position adjustments. I wonder how many of these "Grade 636" models ever happened?
August 10, 2009, 01:35
David AbbeKinda Purdy tho . . . "Runs Good" too!
August 10, 2009, 11:36
Jerry KingExcellent rehab Dave....That Waltham is a very beautiful watch....
Regards,
Jerry
August 10, 2009, 18:29
Theodore J. Brown Sr.Nice job on a nice 636, Dave!They also made an 18s '83 model like it, the "836". They are the only Waltham ever made marked "double roller" I think.I wonder why they didn't go for all 5 positions, instead of 4.