Accurate Description of Item
Dueber Hampden Railway Watch
Appraiser Remarks
Based on your images what you have is an early 20th century "Railway watch". Watches used by Railroaders were highly accurate time keepers compared to regular pocket watches and Dueber Hampden made a great number of them.
John Dueber bought the Hampden Watch Co. in Springfield in 1888, then moved it to Canton. By 1890, the company was producing 600 watches a day, had 1000 employees, and possessed net assets of $2,600,000. Hampden produced some very fine quality watches, and introduced the first 16 size, 23 jewel movement made in America. Dueber controlled all aspects of the company from manufacturing to sales. Each watch case was made of 57 pieces; they used 14-karat-gold cases and 17 jewel movements. Dueber sold the company to Walter Vrettman in 1925. Vrettman went bankrupt in 1927 and sold all of the company's equipment to Amtorg, a Russian purchasing company.
Values for watches likw this in need of repair or of unknown condition tend to have modest values, often selling for less than $100.00
John Dueber bought the Hampden Watch Co. in Springfield in 1888, then moved it to Canton. By 1890, the company was producing 600 watches a day, had 1000 employees, and possessed net assets of $2,600,000. Hampden produced some very fine quality watches, and introduced the first 16 size, 23 jewel movement made in America. Dueber controlled all aspects of the company from manufacturing to sales. Each watch case was made of 57 pieces; they used 14-karat-gold cases and 17 jewel movements. Dueber sold the company to Walter Vrettman in 1925. Vrettman went bankrupt in 1927 and sold all of the company's equipment to Amtorg, a Russian purchasing company.
Values for watches likw this in need of repair or of unknown condition tend to have modest values, often selling for less than $100.00
Estimated Value
$100.00
Re: Dueber Hampden Pocket Watch
Dueber Hampden Railway Watch
Based on your images what you have is an early 20th century "Railway watch". Watches used by Railroaders were highly accurate time keepers compared to regular pocket watches and Dueber Hampden made a great number of them.
John Dueber bought the Hampden Watch Co. in Springfield in 1888, then moved it to Canton. By 1890, the company was producing 600 watches a day, had 1000 employees, and possessed net assets of $2,600,000. Hampden produced some very fine quality watches, and introduced the first 16 size, 23 jewel movement made in America. Dueber controlled all aspects of the company from manufacturing to sales. Each watch case was made of 57 pieces; they used 14-karat-gold cases and 17 jewel movements. Dueber sold the company to Walter Vrettman in 1925. Vrettman went bankrupt in 1927 and sold all of the company's equipment to Amtorg, a Russian purchasing company.
Values for watches likw this in need of repair or of unknown condition tend to have modest values, often selling for less than $100.00