Looking for that special vintage timepiece that will have all your friends asking "where did you get that?", then this is the watch for you! These get tougher to find every day, especially in this fine condition. This watch has been serviced by a master watchmaker and comes with a new leather strap. This watch is READY TO GO.  If you want the ABSOLUTE BEST in vintage timepieces, with no compromise service, look no further. 

Hampden Watch Company was founded in 1866 by Donald Mozart and George Rice, in Provident RI. In 1887 the company moved to Springfield Mass. It was later bought by John C. Dueber who owned one of the largest companies manufacturing pocket watch cases in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Many other watch case manufactures united together in a boycott against the Dueber Watch Case Company after an anti-trust law was passed in 1886.  Dueber had a major business decision to make. Could he go up against this threat and keep his business going or would he have to give in to the competition? He decided to buy the Hampden Watch Company of Springfield, MA and form the Dueber-Hampden Watch Company producing both watch movements and cases. He moved the newly merged company to Canton, OH in 1889. The first 16 size watch was produced the following year. A major player in the pocket watch industry they produced a very limited number of wrist watches.

The company continued until 1930, when the entire factory along with all tools and parts, was sold to Armen Hammer for $325,000 who moved it all to Russia, where it became known as the Amtorg Watch Co. Twenty-eight freight cars full of machinery and parts made their way to Moscow to establish the first Soviet watch factory. Twenty-one former Dueber-Hampden watchmakers, engravers and various other technicians helped to train the Russian workers in the art of watchmaking as part of the Soviet's first Five-Year Plan. Toward the end of Hampden’s existence in America, the company was so strapped for cash that it actually paid its employees in watches. And those workers in turn attempted to sell them door to door to try to make their salary. 

This is an extremely beautiful example of a rare Dueber Hampden Art Deco timepiece. It features a great looking case with intricate engraving. This watch was made in the late 1920's.  It is triple signed and measures 34mm end to end and 29mm wide, including the silver colored crown.  The 14K Gold Filled case is in excellent condition and features a beautifully intricate engraving on the front and sides.  The movement is a fine quality Dueber Hampden 8-0 which sets and winds smoothly and is running well and keeping excellent time.  The dial is absolutely stunning,  featuring a white face with filled in numerals which compliment the beautiful period hands.  The crystal  is brand new and really compliments the watch.  The inside of the case is marked DUEBER GOLD FILLED 14K.  The back of the case is free of engraving and is in excellent condition. Comes fitted with a brand new 16mm black padded leather strap. This watch is an extremely rare find and should not be passed by.  It is a fine example of American craftsmenship.