Waltham Military Field Watch
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Waltham's military field watches equipped U.S. forces through the Second World War: small chromium- or steel-cased, hand-wound watches on 17-jewel movements, with high-contrast Arabic numerals, luminous hands, and a sub-seconds register at 6, their case backs engraved ORD. DEPT. U.S.A. on Ordnance Department issue. (International Military Antiques) From about 1945 the pattern moved to an angular, faceted-lug steel case shared across Waltham, Hamilton, Bulova, and Elgin, which leaves collectors separating the four makers by signature placement and dial geometry alone, the method fans later used on Alan Grant's watch in Jurassic Park. (Jurassic Mainframe) The Waltham Watch Company, the 1850 Massachusetts pioneer of factory watchmaking, ended domestic production in 1957, making these late-war field watches among the last mass-issue American Walthams. (Wikipedia, WatchReel)
Appearances
| Title | Year | Type | Actor | Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jurassic Park (1993) | 1993 | Film | Sam Neill | Alan Grant |