WADSWORTH WATCH CASE S SERIES OF DUDLEY

This elegant new feature created a hypnotizing. This movement was also derived from the 16-Size Model 4 (Hunting) and Model 5 (Open Face) like the previous generation, but the train bridge was cut as a three-finger bridge. In 1910, the company introduced a second-generation Burlington Special watch based on the Illinois Grade 185.

Dudley Masonic ManвЂ™s Serial # 3020 Circa: 1920вЂ™sCASE:В The yellow gold or gold-filled 12-size oversized 44mm open face display case. +C 20.14 shipping.U.S./Pa. 2d 7h left (03-06, 08:53 a.m.) 7 bids. Case signed Wadsworth or American Standard W.C.Co with no globe or.The Star Watch Case Company was a manufacturing firm in Ludington, Michigan, from approximately 1905 until it went out of business in 1982.The company designed and manufactured watch cases for Hamilton, Longines, Gruen and Elgin among others who shipped their internal watch mechanisms to Star which would complete final assembly.Rare Dudley Model 2 Display Case Pocket Watch with sunburst radiant dial вЂ“ All In Superb ConditionCASE WADSWORTH 10k GOLD FILLED HUNTER CASE SIZE 18s POCKET WATCH. Circa 1925Additionally, the case serial numbers on those early watches tend to begin with.

Appears to have seen little use. Movement cutout Masonic emblems with mint gold plate, movement not all faded out like most DudleyвЂ™s. 3020 gilt movement has a lever escapement, Masonic cutouts and signed вЂњDudley.вЂќM 2 (The movement is in perfect condition)R 9 (Rarity on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)Expert Opinion: 19-Jewel yellow gold-filled (possibly solid 14k gold) display case вЂ“ Dudley Masonic with radiant sunburst dial. It is accompanied withВ blued steel open diamond hands and gold applied markers.MOVT:В The 19-jewel stem-set Serial No.

He then moved to South Bend, Indiana, where he became Superintendent of the South-Bend Watch Company, and later to New Jersey, where he worked for the Trenton Watch Company. Dudley moved to Illinois and began working for the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield. After completing his apprenticeship, he moved to the US, and found employment at the American Waltham Watch Company, in Waltham, Massachusetts.A few years later, Mr. He began his watchmaking career at the age of 13, when he was apprenticed to a shipsвЂ™ chronometer maker. John, New Brunswick, Canada.

Wood, both local jewelers, who supplied much of the necessary capitol to form a corporation for the manufacture of watches. Dudley formed a partnership with two other Freemasons, George W. Dudley on June 7, 1920.Mr. A US patent for that design was issued to Mr.

Wadsworth Watch Case S Series Of Dudley

Some cases (like the one here) were вЂњdisplayвЂќ type (glass front and back), while a few were вЂњflip-backвЂќ models, with solid metal backs that open (like the fronts of hunting cases) to reveal the movement. Various dials were available in both metal and porcelain, either marked simply вЂњDudley,вЂќ or with emblems including those of the Scottish Rite, Knights Templar, Mystic Shrine, and other Masonic related organizations.Cases were supplied by Wadsworth and Keystone, and all were open face. The train wheels and escapement parts were supplied by Waltham, and the dials by a Swiss dial making firm. The parts actually produced at the Dudley plant included the pillar plates, emblem bridges, and the spring barrels and arbors. A parcel of land with a two-story building was then acquired at the southwest end of Maple Avenue in Lancaster, and after overcoming a variety of manufacturing problems, production began in 1922.The first series of Dudley Masonic вЂњEmblemвЂќ watches was 14 size, and serial numbers ranged from 500 to 1,900.

The serial numbers of those models range from 2,001 to approximately 4,800.Despite the new model, sales remained lackluster, and in early 1924, Mr. Like the Model 1 movements, the Model 2 movements were offered with a variety of different dials, and in display cases as well as flip-backs, but they were offered only in gold-filled cases. By late 1923, financial difficulties were looming, and the decision was made to create a new 12 size version, which was designated the вЂњModel 2.вЂќExcept for size, the Models 1 and 2 are very similar, but the Model 2 movements use train wheels and escapement parts supplied by Hamilton. Upon subsequent trips, however, it was discovered that jewelers were having trouble selling the watches due to their high cost and the growing popularity of 12 size watches. For purposes of comparison, a new Ford Model T in those days was about $325.In late 1922, Dudley hired a salesman to call on a number of prominent jewelers across the country, and on his initial trip, the orders he secured exceeded the available supply. In gold filled display cases, they were $125, in 14k display cases they were $150, and in 14k flip-back cases, they were $250.

Baker sold a number of the Masonic watches to friends in the local Amish community, and although it wasnвЂ™t required by the bankruptcy laws of the day, he repaid all the debts incurred by the company prior to his receivership.In addition to the Masonic вЂњEmblemвЂќ watches, the new management began offering ladies wristwatches with movements purchased from the Paul Ditishiem Watch Company, of Switzerland. Tell Nussbaum, to serve as Superintendent. Baker, a Mennonite, who hired another Hamilton employee, Mr. On May 22, 1925, the company entered the receivership of Mr. Serial numbers for the Model 3 movements begin at 4,801, and end at approximately 6,500.At the peak of production, the company employed about 20 men, many of which were Masons who worked part-time for Dudley after their full-time jobs at Hamilton, but by the end of 1924, the company was heavily in debt, and on February 28, 1925, a petition for bankruptcy was filed.

ItвЂ™s estimated that approximately 2,600 Dudley Masonic watches were finished and sold during the time the company operated in Lancaster, but the exact number is not known. In 1935, the company was sold for the third and final time to the X-L Watch Company of 49 Maiden Lane, New York, and all the equipment and remaining inventory was relocated to New York City. Apple, who attempted to further the business to no avail.

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