1888 pocket watch

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That's a neat find. Ansonia Clock. Co. That would of been an affordable pocket watch of its day, sold at many of the local drug stores across the country a hundred plus years ago. I found this image of one online that still has the original box. I'll bet not a lot of those had survived today.
 

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That's a neat find. Ansonia Clock. Co. That would of been an affordable pocket watch of its day, sold at many of the local drug stores across the country a hundred plus years ago. I found this image of one online that still has the original box. I'll bet not a lot of those had survived today.
I to have seen the same pictures. Love the look of the box. Thank you for the info.
 

Found this today, old pocket watch.
Wow, great find...!
All of the pocket watches I have found, were just fragments of the original, and yours looks all there...!
 

Very cool! What a lot of people don't realize is when Ansonia closed in 1929 the Soviet Union actually bought their remaining assets and shipped it all to Moscow along with former Ansonia workers to jump start the Soviet watch industry. The Soviets also bought the assets of another clock company as well who's name eludes me. This would be beginnings of 1st Moscow Watch Factory.
 

That's a pretty cool recovery.
I didn't know they made a pocket watch also.
Here's the label on the of my Grandfather's kitchen clock.
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Post #54 has the details of your found watch.

 

Wow! What a clock.What year?
It has the same award win 1878 as your watch info.
The company produced over 220 different designs of clocks alone.
I believe it was bought used.
Not much information on the Grandparents.
 

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