Hi all,
I saw on e-bay the other day an Equity Watch Co. watch and the seller stated that is actually made by waltham, is there truth to this, are they an offshoot from waltham.
Thanks for info.
Bill

Yes they are made be Waltham. I have several movements and no cases to put them in as the movements are slightly smaller than a 16 size.

Charles beat me to the answer, I was doing some research. According to "Vol 1 Encyclopedia & Price Guide American Pocket Watches" by R Ehrhardt;

"Equity was cased at the factory & sold as a complete watch in nickel & gold filled jointed & screw back & bezel open face cases & 3-lid gold filled huntin cases. The movement is 16 1/2 size & is hard to fit into other cases."

Apparently they were made in 7 & 15 jewel models.

Tom

Both Equity and the Home watch Co were lower grade watches that were sold under their respective "brands" so as to not denegrate the Waltham name.

happy hunting,
Bill Kapp
http://williamkapp.tripod.com/index.htm

Two 7j and one 15j Equity's. (note one 7j is not marked on the wheel, so the only place it is "named" is the "Equity" sig. on the dial.)

The only thing that really links them to A.W.W.Co. is the exclusive (and very fragile) Waltham self-springing "click". They bear a slight resembelance to some 12s waltham plate works, and I think they were intended for an export of private label market.

The most frustrating to me is their 6 digit serial number is in no way traceable to date of manufacture.