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New York Standard Watch Company

Including Serial Numbers and Production Dates
1885 – 1929
Jersey City, New Jersey

The New York Standard watch company was first incorporated in 1885 and operated in Jersey City, New Jersey. They should not be confused with the New York watch company, which was one of the predecessors of the Hampden Watch company. New York Standard produced watches in the following sizes: 18, 16, 12, 6, 0, 3/0 and 10/0 in 7-15 jewels. They are, perhaps, best known for offering a unique straight line lever “worm-gear” escapement, patented by R. J. Clay.

New York Standard operated from 1885 until 1929 and produced over 8 million watches. Some of their models are more common, while some are extremely rare. Repairing New York Standard watches has become very difficult due to the lack of availability of parts for repair. In many cases it is simply not possible to locate parts and repairs for certain models are no longer possible.

Early New York Standard Watch Ad for Worm-gear Escapement

Early New York Standard Watch Ad for Worm-gear Escapement

New York Standard Watch Company

Approximate Serial Numbers and Dates

This table is known to be incorrect! This is the only published table of NYS serial numbers and dates we’ve seen, but I do not believe these numbers to be accurate. Serial number information for New York Standard is incomplete and inconclusive. To the best of our knowledge, there are no complete serial number/date records available for New York Standard watches, and it appears that New York Standard did not use a consistent system of sequential numbers to identify their watches. Some watches appear to have a serial number, while others have a number which seems to describe size and model.

Year

S/N
1890 600,000
1895 900,000
1900 1,200,000
1905 1,500,000
1910 1,800,000
1915 2,100,000
1920 2,400,000
1925 2,700,000
1930 3,000,000