Langendorf Pocket Serial Numbers

Also called: Dueber-Hampden Watch Company

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  1. The case has the same numeric serial number as the movement so the date is pretty certain. Some Benson 'Bank' movements and its derivatives after c 1901 have a serial number prefixed with a letter. About 12% of the 59 Benson 'Bank' watches I have seen have this numbering system but the percentage would be somewhat higher if only watches after.
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  3. Date your IWC International Watch Company by serial number using this list of serial numbers production dates from 1880 until 1975 at Brittons Watches.
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Including Dueber-Hampden Watch Serial Numbers and Production Dates

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Springfield, Mass then Canton, Ohio

1877 - 1930

Donald J. Mozart produced his three-wheel watch in 1864, and with the assistance of Samuel Rice formed the New York Watch Company in 1866 in Providence, Rhode Island. It was moved to Springfield, Massachusetts in 1867 and two grades of watches were produced. The company started with an 18s 3/4 plate model signed 'Springfield.' and a 16s 3/4 plate 'State Street' model that featured steel parts and gold-plated balance and escape wheels. The company became the Hampden Watch Company in 1877.

Dueber-Hampden Advertisement

John C. Dueber had been manufacturing watch cases since 1864 and bought controlling interest in a case company in about 1886. At about this time an anti-trust law was passed and the watch case manufacturers formed a boycott against Dueber. In order to remain in business, Dueber bought the Hampden Watch Co. in Springfield in 1888, then moved it to Canton. By 1890, the company was producing 600 watches a day, had 1000 employees, and possessed net assets of $2,600,000. Hampden produced some very fine quality watches, and introduced the first 16 size, 23 jewel movement made in America.

Dueber controlled all aspects of the company from manufacturing to sales. Dueber sold the company to Walter Vrettman in 1925. Vrettman went bankrupt in 1927 and sold all of the company's equipment to Amtorg, a Russian purchasing company. Nearly 30 boxcars of machinery left Canton in 1931 with 21 former Dueber Hampden employees who contracted for one year to teach the Russians the craft of watchmaking. Conflicting information exists about the fate of the Russian enterprise, but Henry Fried, a horology professor at New York University, reported seeing Dueber-Hampden machinery being used in China in 1986.

Hampden / Dueber Watch Company

Langendorf pocket watch serial numbers

Langendorf Pocket Watch Serial Numbers

Langendorf

Total Production: Approx. 4.6 Million Watches

YearS/N
187759,000
187870,000
1879100,000
1880140,000
1881180,000
1882215,000
1883250,000
1884300,000
1885350,000
1886400,000
1887480,000
1888560,000
1889640,000
1890740,000
1891805,000
1892835,000
1893865,000
1894900,000
YearS/N
1895930,000
1896970,000
18971,000,000
18981,120,000
18991,255,000
19001,384,000
19011,512,000
19021,642,000
19031,768,000
19041,896,000
19052,024,000
19062,152,000
19072,280,000
19082,400,000
19092,520,000
19102,650,000
19112,700,000
19122,760,000

Langendorf Pocket Watch Serial Numbers

YearS/N
19132,850,000
19142,920,000
19153,000,000
19163,100,000
19173,240,000
19183,390,000
19193,500,000
19203,600,000
19213,700,000
19223,750,000
19233,800,000
19243,850,000
19253,900,000
19263,950,000
19273,980,000
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Be sure to use the serial number on the movement (the works) of the watch. Do not use the serial number from the watch case.

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Langendorf Pocket Watch Serial Numbers

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