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The company was founded by David Davis, Aaron Dennison, and Edward Howard. The American Waltham Watch Company had its beginnings in 1850 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. This way you can swap the parts over.The American Waltham watch factory on the banks of the Charles RiverĬlick here to view additional historical photos of the Waltham factory. If you do have a harder to find movement, I would suggest searching on Ebay for a donor movement that is not working but has a good balance. The rarer ones were never reproduced because they wouldn’t be needed as much. Most balance staffs were produced by companies like Ronda, BestFit or DCN for the more popular movements. It is very important to know that the harder to find or least produced numbers are quite hard to locate parts for. By visually checking the balance staff you will know you have chosen the right one. Using the drop down, you can see a Waltham 16s 4861 Balance staff which is one of two possibilities for this model number movement. When you visit our Waltham Balance Staff listing page, you will find a large number available from a drop down box. Our Waltham Balance Staff auction listing. The above two look very different from one another and by removing the staff you should be able to ascertain which one you need. The annoying thing is that Waltham used quite often, two different types of staff for each movement so it is important to get the right one! The page shows a number of balance staffs for Waltham pocket watches.Ī quick look at this page shows that there are two possible staffs for the Waltham 1908 model – Waltham Staff No 4860 or 4861. The first result is the very helpful Otto Frei website. Use the search phrase – Waltham 1908 Balance Staff – (1908 being the model number of the example – replace this with your model number of the movement you searched for on The Pocket Watch Database) The next step is to search on Google for that particular model number. In this example, the model number is 1908.Ī Google Search – First result will yield the information we need! I have highlighted above the “Model” number – this is the important piece of information you will need to ascertain which balance staff you require. You will be present with a page showing a huge amount of information that is specific to the movement serial number you have searched for.