Beautiful ,Antique 1892, Hampden Pocket Watch w/ White Dial Including Black Hands & Dedicated Second Dial.

Beautiful ,Antique 1892, Hampden Pocket Watch w/ White Dial Including Black Hands & Dedicated Second Dial. 

14K Yellow Gold Filled Case w/ Intricate Hand-Etched Design on Case
Black Roman Numerals

Manufacturer:  Hampden

Manufacturer location: Ohio

Grade : The Dueber Watch Co.

Model: 2

Case Serial: # 398610

11-Jewel

Hampden Movement Serial # 743242

Estimated Year of Production: 1892

Total Mass = 124.1 grams

Size: 18

Movement configuration:  Hunting

Plate: Full Plate

Piece Appears in Good Condition.

Dial looks good.

Mechanism Working perfectly.

Founded in 1866 by Donald Mozart and George Rice, Provident RI.  In 1887 the company moved to Springfield Mass.  Originally the company manufactured size 16 and size 18 pocket watches of varying qualities. 

Company was later bought by John C. Dueber.  The name "Dueber" is synonymous among watch collectors for thier watch cases.  The company was a very large producer of solid Gold, Gold Filled, and Coin Silver watch cases of the era.  The company supplied cases to well known companies like Elgin, Waltham, Illinois,  and others.    

Dueber Watch Case company purchased Hampden watch company and moved its facilities to Canton, OH in 1888.  By 1889 the Company had two names.  One for its watches "Hampden Watch Company, Canton OH"  and one for the cases it manufactured, "Deuber Watch Company, Canton, OH."  The company continued to use "Hampden" on the dials.  In 1923 the company changed it's name to Dueber-Hampden Watch company.  

"Hampden" despite it's many name changes over its interesting history, is quite collectible today among pocket and wrist watch enthusiasts.  The values and quailty of the watches they made over almost a 70 year period vary greatly, with some being worth only dollars, while other more rare examples being worth hundreds, and even thousands of dollars.