Ansonia Watches:

The Ansonia Watch Co. was owned by the Ansonia Clock Company
in Ansonia, Connecticut.  Ansonia started making clocks in
about 1850 and began manufacturing watches in 1896.  In 1879
the company because of several fires moved the whole operation
to Brooklyn, New York.  They produced about 10 million watches,
all of the dollar-type timepieces.  The company was sold to a
Russian investor in 1930 again because of severe fires.
"Patented April 17, 1888," is on the back plate of some
Ansonia Watches.

There are two explanation as to how the name "dollar watch"
came to be.  The first was that the watch was about the size
of a dollar and the second was that the watch could be
bought for a $1.00 or sometimes less.

A dollar watch is a very inexpensively made watch.  The case
is a very thin base metal and all the part of most dollar
watches are made of very thin metal.  There are no jewels
and dials were made of paper or metal.  They were mostly
pendant wind and pendant set with snap on bezels and backs.
They were not very good time keepers but gave the poor folk
an good sense of time.

Copyright:  Cookesy Price Guide, 15 ed.   Explaination of
"Dollar watch" name and description is my own.

Tim Sweet
TIMEKEEPR2@AOL.COM
M.O.S.T (MY OWN SWEET TIME) WATCH COMPANY.
14002 Tuckey Lane
El Paso, TX  79927  U.S.A.
(915) 852-2409  (See my add in the MART)
Look for my Web site at:
http://www.cyperportal.net/watches/timhome.html

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