But, it must be kept in mind that, by that point, Zurbrugg and Keystone were essentially the same company. That was at the same time, that the three companies, Zurbrugg, NY Standard and Philadelphia, opened a shared office on New York's Maiden Lane. at Waltham, only a little more than a year after NY Standard was purchased by Keystone and Zurbrugg. Zurbrugg Co." That letterhead can be seen in an open letter to the trade, published when Philadelphia bought Bates and Bacon in January 1901. This is indicated on Philadelphia's letterhead which included a small banner reading "Successors to T. when it was incorporated by Zurbrugg and others in 1899. was apparently absorbed by the Philadelphia Watch Case Co. Muhr's Sons) and thus gained the use of the trade marks for Crown and Lion cases. which, having moved to Riverside, NJ in 1898, purchased the case business from J. Watch.Īnd in fact, the history of the Philadelphia Watch Case Co. Jerry Treiman in a message board thread about a U.S. states that all of the capital stock of a newly organized Philadelphia Watch Case Co.
![elgin pocket watch philadelphia watch case company 8277449 elgin pocket watch philadelphia watch case company 8277449](https://pocketwatchdatabase.com/assets/dropbox/watch/large/b23963619061d4aa07c75b9256979e6d.jpg)
the history provided in legal documents for the anti-trust case against Keystone.
Elgin pocket watch philadelphia watch case company 8277449 series#
After a series of mergers in 1904 the name became the Keystone Watch Case Co., Riverside, N.J."Īdditional HistoryA different report from above shows that: "In 1904 this man managed a series of mergers, which brought together his own Philadelphia Watch Case Co., Bates and Bacon, Crescent and the Keystone Watch Case Co." He made various types of cases, using a crown as one trademark and an arm and hammer as another. "About 1888 he changed the name to the Philadelphia Watch Case Co.
![elgin pocket watch philadelphia watch case company 8277449 elgin pocket watch philadelphia watch case company 8277449](https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/313739123216_/pocket-watch-elgin-hatl-watch-co.jpg)
![elgin pocket watch philadelphia watch case company 8277449 elgin pocket watch philadelphia watch case company 8277449](https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/HLAAAOSwNY9h87eB/s-l200.jpg)
THEOPHILUS ZURBRUGG bought out the watch case company of Leichty & Le Bouba in 1884, in Philadelphia, Pa. Niebling, Whitmore Publishing, Philadelphia, PA, 1971 (available on loan by mail to members from the NAWCC Library & Research Center), has a fairly good history of the Philadelphia Watch Case Co., including reproductions of over twenty photos taken inside of the factory. Philadelphia Watch Case Co.: A Brief HistoryThe book, History of the American Watch Case, Warren H. Nevertheless, the cases continued to be stamped with previous, well-known trade names. Theophilus Zurbrugg merged it with other case companies, the combined entity being the Keystone Watch Case Co. In 1884, the firm of Leichty & Le Bouba was renamed the Philadelphia Watch Case Co.