Since my book was published, I have been able to get photographs of two Lancashire Watch ‘types’ which, from literature, we knew existed. They are the ‘Lancashire Wizard’ and the ‘Druid’.
On page 6 of my book I have written
‘My book cannot be a re-run of Alan Smith’s (for example, I have not reproduced the Trade Catalogue, c.1905, mentioned above) and my book has to have a different angle. I would like to think that this book complements that of Alan Smith’s in that it expands on his work with the benefit of an era where the internet and eBay are available.’
Both the ‘Druid’ and the ‘Lancashire Wizard’ feature in the LWC ‘Trade Catalogue’, of unknown date, published in Alan Smith’s ‘The Lancashire Watch Company 1889 – 1910’. That catalogue, which has photographs of these two watches, also features the ‘Curlew’, the ‘Tally-ho’, the ‘Feudal’, the ‘Vigilant’, the ‘Lancashire Witch’, the ‘Elf’ and the ‘Monitor’. The others in the list of names are mentioned in trade catalogues in my book or they were names registered as patents in 1904 – 1906.
Getting access to the Druid and the Lancashire Wizard has made me revisit the various named watches produced by the Lancashire Watch Company. Using the various trade catalogues, and from watches seen over the years, the list below has been compiled.
List of Watch Names including the number of jewels
Monitor Kew Certificated
Compeer 23
Diva 23
Epicure 21
Gem 19
Feudal 19
Halcyon 17
Ideal 17
Lodestar 17
Elf 17
Palatine 15
Sentinel 15
Curfew 15
Tally Ho 15
Stellar 11
Victor 7
Zodiac 7
Vigil 7
Druid 7
Lancashire Wizard 7
Lancashire Witch 7
Doomsday ?
Meridian ?
Sprite ?
Summit ?
Puritan ?
Vigilant ?
Note the number of jewels can vary from that listed. The trade catalogues have options where the customer can have different numbers of jewels ‘to order’.
The size of these watches has not been listed. Mainly because many of them were available in different sizes, to order.