High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Waltham Model 1857 is a watch made by the American Watch Company, later called the Waltham Watch Companyin the City of Waltham, Massachusetts in the United States of America. The Waltham Model 1857 was the first made in the year 1857 and in years prior to that year, pocket watches were not made of standard parts and there was a difficulty in repairing and making the watches on a cost effective basis. All of this work in design and development led the American Watch Company to create and market the First Successful Industrialized Watch