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Colonial and Federal Period
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This presentation is on watches used in America during the Colonial and Federal Periods. There is speculation, but no real evidence that some watches may have been made in the colonies as early as 1725. Certainly there is strong evidence of local content such as case and dial work during the colonial period. It is likely that many of the watches signed by Colonial and Federal Period makers were finished ebauches that were engraved and possibly gilded by their American retailers. The first well documented watches made mostly in America are those from the Goddards, Luther and later Luther and Parley his son. These date from around 1812 to somewhat later. The Goddards eventually had a jewelry store in Worcester Massachusetts that sold import watches just like everyone else. |