Nashua Watch Co. 1223
The Nashua Watch Co. produced 2 grades of watch both in 20 size. The watch was designed to be built as a 16 size movement
also, but there is no evidence that any of these were ever produced (even as ebauche) at Nashua.
The higher grade of watch was 19 jewels with the center unjeweled and cap jewels on the pallet arbor and escape wheel. These watches were numbered from 1001 to 1200. The assembly numbers were 100 to 199. The lower grade was 15 jewels and omitted the cap jewels. Both watches were fitted with Stratton's patent barrel.
There seems to be no pattern of which of the ebauche were finished with Nashua engraving and which were finished with American Watch Co. engraving. Those that were finished with American Watch Co. engraving are all in the serial number run from 50,001 to 51,000. Watch 50,095 is listed in the Waltham records as 16 size and may be the finished example of the 16 size Nashua. There is no modern record of this watch's existence.
This example is numbered 1,223 and is a classic example of the lower grade 15 jewel Nashua watch.
Case front, Case back, Case mark, Dial, Movement
