"Boston Watch Company" Watches made by Hampden Robbins, who reorganized the company under the name Appleton, Tracy & Co. Theěoston Watch Company was purchased out of bankruptcy by Royal E. Edward Howard left the company to form his own manufacturing company, the E. By 1857, after total production of approximately 5000 movements, the Boston Watch Company succumed to financial difficulties and declared bankruptcy. Parker" after early directors and employees of the company.
The company produced movements labeled "Dennison, Howard & Davis", "P.S.
In September of 1853, the name was changed to Boston Watch Company. This factory would become the eventual home of the American Waltham Watch Company. The first few watches were produced in 1852, and construction of a new factory was undertaken on the banks of the Charles River in Waltham, Mass in 1852-53. The original precursor of the Waltham Watch company was the American Horologe Company (Warren Manufacturing Company) which began watch production inđ851. As such, they hold an important place in American horological history. The Boston Watch Company was an early pre-cursor of the American Waltham Watch Company. The original Boston Watch Company (Waltham) factory on the banks of the Charles River as it would have appeared after the reorganization of 1857 when operating as Appleton, Tracy & Co.