Style 2 Big Ben and Baby Ben advertisement from 1929


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The first advertisement for Westclox baby Ben dated 1915

I am trying to assemble a complete set of Westclox catalogs. They will enable me to answer more questions about when the many clock and watch models were produced. Here is a list of the catalogs I've found so far, if you can supply any others. I'll pay reasonable prices, or will be glad to receive donations.

Catalogs I Have
1896 Graydon, Palmer Co., Chicago - shows “America” alarm (one page only) Copy
1898 S. F. Meyers & Co., New York - shows “Liberty Bell” with Western Clock Mfg. Co. movement (one page only) Copy
1901 Western Clock Mfg. Company catalog Copy
1902 Western Clock Mfg. Company catalog Reprint
1904 Western Clock Mfg. Company catalog Copy
1904 St. Louis Clock and Silverware Co. Reprint
1907 Western Clock Mfg. Company catalog Copy
1912 “Big Ben, the National Alarm” Copy
1922 “Selling Tips for the man who carries the grip” Copy
Ca. 1926 Catalog Copy
1931 Westclox catalog Copy
Ca. 1931 - 32 Westclox catalog (shows style 2 Bens in butler, blue, green, old rose and orchid (solid colors), shows all 6 Dura Case clocks Copy
1934 Westclox catalog Copy
1935 Westclox catalog Original
1936 Westclox catalog Copy
1938 Westclox catalog Copy
1957 Westclox Full Line Gift Catalog Original
1958 Westclox Full Line Gift Catalog Original
1960 Westclox Keywound and Electric Clock catalog Original
1963 - 64 Westclox catalog Original
1964 - 65 Westclox catalog (the golden year of the beautiful, new Bens) Original
1965 - 66 Westclox catalog Original
1965 “Clocks in Home Decoration” Edited in collaboration with Good Housekeeping Magazine Original
1969 - 70 Westclox catalog Original
1970 - 71 Westclox catalog Original
1971 - 72 Westclox catalog Original
1973 - 74 Westclox catalog Original
1974 - 75 Westclox catalog Original
1975 Westclox 17-Jewel Wrist Watches Original
1975 Westclox Quartzmatic Wrist Watches Original
1975 - 76 Westclox catalog - advance copy Original
1976 - 77 Westclox catalog Original
1977 - 1978 Westclox catalog Original
1978 - 79 Westclox catalog Original
1979 - 80 Westclox catalog (shows both style 8 and style 9 Bens) Original
1982 Westclox catalog Original
1990 Westclox & Seth Thomas catalog Original (some pictures cut out)
1996 Westclox catalog Original
1997 Westclox catalog Original
1998 Westclox catalog Original
2000 Westclox catalog Original
Price Lists I Have
Jan. 1, 1936 Westclox Nondescript Prices (Monitor, keno, Hustler, Bull's Eye) Copy
July 13, 1936 Westclox new prices to the wholesaler Copy
Nov. 4, 1941 Westclox electric clock prices to the retailer Copy
Nov. 30, 1950 Westclox prices to the retailer and fair trade consumer prices Copy
June 2, 1958 Prices To 2500-Piece Purchasers Original
June 2, 1958 Retailer & Consumer Price List Original
May 17, 1976 Full Line Numerical Distributor’s Price and Order List -III-76 Original
May 16, 1977 Full Line Quartzmatic Solid State and Westclox 17-Jewel Watches Price and Order List QWW-I-77 (Advance copy) Original
November 13, 1978 General Line Numerical Distributor Price and Order List W-I-79 — Revised Original
January 2, 1979 Full Line Quartzmatic Solid State and Westclox 17-Jewel Watches Price and Order List QWW-I-79 Original
May 12, 1980 General Line Numerical Distributor Price and Order List W-IV-80 Original
1982 Distributor price and order list Original
January 1, 1983 Electronic Distributor Price and Order List ELW-I-83 Original
January 1, 1997 Westclox & Spartus wholesale price list Original
1998 Special Markets price list Original
2000 Special Markets price list Original

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