OK here is another question is this movement a private label someone just added the name or is it a model name that is just not listed in the book.

Rob,

That is a beautiful movement either way! I think it looks like a Private Label addition since the script used is different from any I have ever seen on a Waltham watch. I would imagine the jeweler added it to the movement upon the customers request, it is very well done and lovely though, and I think it adds to the watch. Then again I'm no expert and that is just what my eyes see. Nice watch Rob.

John

Robert, last year I sold a beautiful 5th pinion Illinois...Glenside...was on the dial, not listed...yet other such names were. I never saw it listed anywhere.

So you can never go by any book or listed record sheets to be certain. From the engraving on your movement,
I would think it was factory done at jeweler's request. Looks like a ladies' watch.

Robert, Being that it is a ladies pendant watch, Penelope could have been the owner or receiver of it as a gift. The jeweler could have easily added her name to the movement as an extra personalized touch.

Remember--Jewelers would do anything for a customer as long as they could sell a watch and the customer was willing to pay for it.

Tom

According to (my past VP of Mfg of a business I started in MA) James P. who worked at W.W.Co and holds a great inventory of factory parts;

"This lovely engraving was only FACTORY applied after the watch was finished if the recipient was a visiting dignitary. Otherwise it must have been done by the very skilled hand of the Jeweler who 'cased' the watch."

Watch listed at no reserve and 50 cents starting as usual if anyone interested Penelope