Dating new york standard pocket

Most were of the inexpensive variety with seven jewels using a patented worm-gear escapement. New York Standard Watch Company produced as many as 10 million watches during their time in business, including those branded Crown, William Penn U.S.A., and the Edgemere line made for Sears, Roebuck, and Co., among many others. Watch researchers should not confuse this entity with New York Watch Company located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the predecessor to Hampden Watch Company. The New York Standard Watch Company started in 1885 making pocket watches in Jersey City, New Jersey.