The nawccinfo site is intended as a research facility for watches in addition to provding the simple lookup and source references. Church designed the 1883 model, the 1888 model and the automatic machinery driven by hydraulcs and pneumatics. Waltham eventually released Charles Vander Woerd to heal the manufacturing operations and brought in Fitch as President and Duane Church as Chief Designer and Superintendant. The biggest slight to the Full Plate department was that the innovative 1870 full plate model was made by the 3/4 plate department. ![]() For the next 13 years, the Full Plate department got essentially no respect while all praise went to the 3/4 plate department. When Waltham reabsorbed the Nashua Watch Co., they split the engineering and manufacturing into the 3/4 plate (Nashua) department and the Full Plate department. This model was originally called the New Model because it was the first 18 size watch made after the 1857 model more than 20 years earlier. I do not think the anchor mark means anything in particular for your coin silver case. The 77 is either keywind or hunting case, while the 1879 is open face. ![]() Waltham made some nice watches in the models 18 which are really the same for all practical purposes. Allan, your watch is an 1877 model and has a very nice double sunk dial.
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