What makes the Boston 476 unique: We’re excited to feature this handsome piece of manufacturing history that was originally released by the American Waltham Watch Company over a century ago — the Boston 476. This breathtaking watch displays a cream-colored dial with stylish black numerals and a matching subdial. The front of the watch also boasts gorgeous blued-steel diamond kite watch hands. We paired this stunning pocket watch with our robust and eye-catching Sandblasted Titanium case and topped it off with an exquisite copper crown. On the back of the piece, you can see its Riverside-grade open-face movement with a Patent regulator, Breguet Hairspring, nickel finish, and pendant setting. The movement also features attractive engravings, including “Waltham, Mass.” and “Riverside,” displaying the pocket watch’s impressive origin, and it also displays gold-plated gears with 19 jewels throughout its ¾ plate. Finally, we made this watch even more sophisticated by equipping it with our comfortable, artisan-designed Cordovan Black leather watch strap.

The American Waltham Watch Company initially produced the pocket watch in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1918 — the same year that the Carolina parakeet went extinct. The Carolina parakeet was native to parts of the United States, including eastern states, the Midwest, and the Great Plains, and they primarily went extinct due to deforestation. The last living Carolina parakeet was named Incas and lived in the Cincinnati Zoo. He shared a cage with the last passenger pigeon, a North American bird species that was hunted to extinction. Interestingly, the Carolina parakeet was likely poisonous, as there were various reports of cats dying after consuming these birds. This may have been the case because the Carolina parakeet ate toxic seeds called cockleburs.