Pocket Watch Database
Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Years of Operation: 1920-1925
Manufactured the unusual Mason plate movements
Production Jewels: 19 Jewels
Production Sizes: 14s, 12s
Total Production: ~5,900
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Company Timeline
1920
At age 69, William Wallace Dudley leaves the Hamilton Watch Co. to start his own venture, the Dudley Watch Co.
1922
The first Dudley Watch Co. watches are produced.
February 20, 1925
After struggling financially for several years, the Dudley Watch Co. files for bankruptsy.
1926
P.W. Baker Co. continues manufacturing the unique Masonic watch originally produced by the Dudley Watch Co.
1935
From 1935-1976, the XL Watch Co of New York continued the Masonic watch production.