Beautiful men's rare vintage 1950's Swiss 17 jewel WADSWORTH men's military dial auto-wind wristwatch. Running well and keeping time.

This is a beautiful rare vintage 1950's, WADSWORTH men's gold, military dial Swiss 17 jewel wristwatch, that would be an excellent addition to your vintage watch collection or an excellent way to start one.

The 10K Rolled Gold case measures 30.7 mm / 1.21" in diameter excluding crown and lugs, that surrounds a very well preserved gold dial complimented by, once luminous, but now dimmed, leaf hour and minute hands, spear center sweep, black Arabic numbers, and black outer chapter.

The 17 jewel Swiss, cal. AS 1361 D movement, sets and winds as it should, is running strong and keeping very good time.

It has a stainless steel, screw-down back and matched with a stitched, brown, genuine leather 16
mm 2-piece strap with gold buckle.

STOCK CODE: W-25

ABOUT THE WADSWORTH CASE AND WATCH COMPANY:

The Wadsworth Watch Case Co., Newport, KY, came into existence in 1892, a descendant of H.A. Wadsworth & Co. It remained in business for 61years, until purchased by the Elgin National Watch Co. in 1953.

Wadsworth Watch Case Co.: A Brief History

Information about the Wadsworth Watch Case Co. can be found in the book, “History of the American Watch Case,” Warren H. Niebling. Harry Arthur Wadsworth, at the age of 26, had moved from New York City to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1886, going to work at the watch case firm Duhme & Co. Prior to 1889, he moved across the Ohio River to Newport, KY and worked at the Dueber Watch Case Manufacturing Co. Harry then became a partner with J.H. Stegman and they formed the case making firm of H.A. Wadsworth & Co. in 1889, also in Newport. Three years later, the company became incorporated as The Wadsworth Watch Case Co.

In early 1893, Wadsworth purchased land for a new factory at Washington avenue and King St. The 3-story building was erected. Within five years, that space was outgrown and a new wing was added. By the end of that year (1898), the factory was closed for two weeks while repairs and renovations were made and new machinery was installed. Still growing, and needing more space as business increased, in early 1900 the plant was moved to a larger, existing set of buildings in Dayton, KY, several miles from its former Newport location.

At the same time, the nature of the company’s sales began to change. Prior to the turn of the century, Wadsworth sold only to wholesalers, but after the move to Dayton, they began to sell directly to movement manufacturers. Known for making high grade solid gold and gold-filled cases, Wadsworth was absorbed by the Elgin National Watch Co. in 1953. The change of ownership didn’t help hold off the loss of sales to foreign imports and the watch case factory closed in 1958.

ABOUT THE WADSWORTH AS 1361 D MOVEMENT:

Wadsworth used the A Schid 1361 movement in this watch, as noted as AS 1361 D and is described as follows:

The A. Schild 1361 watch movement is a detached manual wind movement that shares similarities with the A. Schild 1423 and 1457 movements, though the specific differences are unknown. It features several functions, including automatic winding and a sweep second hand. This movement was utilized around the year 1950.


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