Tremont Watch Co
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The Tremont Watch Co. was founded by Arron L. Dennison and a consortium of Boston jewelers with the intent of producing watches that were a combination of Swiss precision escapements and plates and trains manufactured in the U.S. After a couple of successful years and the addition of B. D. Bingham to the Boston area operations, the investors decided they could make more money producing the entire watch in the U.S. Dennison in the meantime had begun work on a new design 3/4 plate model and the company had invested heavily in tooling to support the Swiss side of the operation. Dennison and the U.S. investors parted company and Dennison was given the job of disposing of the Swiss equipment and material. Eventually the equipment and material were sold to the Anglo-American Watch Company and Dennison settled in England where he was successful in founding the Dennison Watch Case Co. Several of these 3/4 plate Tremont watches have shown up with distinctively English finishes and English cases and dials. I believe these are the earliest output of the Anglo-American Watch Co. or alternatively were jobbed out by Dennison to convert remaining material to salable watches. It would appear that the 3/4 plate Tremont was intended to be a high grade watch and the top of the Tremont line. Unfortunately, the dispersal of the company terminated its development. |
