Waltham International SA was founded in 1954 in Lausanne, Switzerland, by the American Waltham Watch Company, Waltham, Massachusetts, to provide the necessary watch and movement parts, which were not readily available in U.S.A.

Now located in Marin-Epagnier/Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Waltham International SA manufacture Waltham luxury Swiss watches, furthering the spirit of excellence of the 1850 Waltham founders, since the U.S. parent company 1957 discontinued production of watches for the consumer market. Waltham's main market is Japan, through its distributor Heiwado & Co.

(Production of specialized clocks for aircraft continued in the original US factory until the parent company was finally sold in 1994. The new owners kept the Waltham name, but moved production to Ozark, Alabama, see Waltham Aircraft Clock Corporation.)

[edit] External links

• Waltham Serial Numbers
• Waltham International SA

[edit] External links About the History of Waltham:

• Boston The Cradle of American Watchmaking
• The Boston Watch Co
• Origins of Waltham Model 57
• Time Museum Rockford, Illinois, U.S.A.
• Philadelphia Exhibition 1876 Report to the Federal High Council by Ed. Favre-Perret (1877)
• American and Swiss Watchmaking in 1876 by Jacques David
• The Watch Factories of America Past and Present by Henry G. Abbott (1888)
• Watchmaking and the American System of Manufacturing (2009)

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