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ATC Premier

Waltham produced a "souped up" version of the Model 92 Appleton Tracy & Co. grade which was adjusted to 5 Position.  The earliest reported Appleton Tracy Premier is serial number 10038815.  The Gray Book lists five runs of Premiers (see table below)
 
  
 11059501  11059800

 Htg.

 11059801  11060500

 O.F.

 11071501  11071800

 Htg.

 11071801  11072500

 O.F.

 11527001  11528000

 O.F.

 
Once again, the Gray Book is misleading.  As the table below shows, Premiers have been reported in runs that are stated as being straight ATC movements and straight ATC movements have been reported in runs that are supposed to be all Premiers.  As with all things Waltham, there are some added twists.  The first 845 movements reported are from  ATC runs.  The first run of 845s listed in the Gray Book is 12577501-12577600, a run of hunting case movements but the earliest reported 845 is 12053831.  As a further complication, 2 Sidereal movements have been reported in the 11071801-11072500 run.  As an aside, in the 18 million serial number range, Waltham makes some ATCs that are adjusted to 5 Positions and marks them as such but does not mark them "Premier".
 

 Serial

 End

NIR

 Gray Book=

 Mvt Style

 ATCs rptd.

 Prem rptd.

 845s rptd. 

 10038201  10039000

 800

 ATC  O.F.

12

 1

 
 10057001  10058000

 1000

 ATC  O.F.

 7

 3

 
 10092001  10093000

 1000

 ATC  O.F.

 9

 9

 
 10501201  10501500

 300

 ATC  O.F.

 5

 1

 
 10525801  10526500

 700

 ATC  O.F.

3

 6

 
 10534001  10534500

 500

 ATC  O.F.

 5

8

 
 10539401  10539600

 200

 ATC  Htg.

 3

 
 10539601  10540000

 400

 ATC  O.F.

 1

 6

 
 11059501  11059800

 300

 Prem.  Htg.

 5

 
 11059801  11060500

 700

 Prem.  O.F.

7

 1

 
 11071501  11071800

 300

 Prem.  Htg.

 4

 1

 
 11071801  11072500

 700

 Prem.  O.F.

 10

 2) Sideral
 11503001  11503300

 300

 ATC  Htg.

2

3

 
 11527001  11528000

 1000

 Prem.  O.F.

 12

 11

 
* 12002001  12002300

 300

 ATC  Htg.

 2

 1

 
 12002301  12003500

 1200

 ATC

 O.F.

 17

 4

 
 12019001

 12020300

 1300

 ATC  Htg.

 10

 4

3)845

 12020401  12020500

 100

 ATC  Htg.  
    1

 1

 
 12029001  12029500

 500

 ATC

 O.F.

 7

 5

 
 12053501  12054000

 500

 ATC  O.F.

 7

 3

 1)845

 12068001  12069000

 1000

 ATC  O.F.

 5

 2

 2)845

 12081501  12082500

 1000

 ATC  O.F.

10

 2

 4)845

 12542001  12542500

 500

 ATC  O.F.  

 3

 1)845

 12566501  12567000

 500

 ATC  O.F.

 3

 6

 
 *12577601  12578000

 400

ATC

 O.F.

5

 

 3)845

 14194501  14195500

 1000

 ATC  O.F.

 13

 2

 
*Listed in the Gray Book as 17-21 jewel movements. 
 
There has been no attempt to determine a production figure for the Appleton Tracy Premier.  In most cases there has not been enough of them reported in a given run to determine if they were made in groups or randomly throughout a run. The above table is presented to show the number of movements in a run and how many Premiers have been reported in relation to how many straight ATCs have been reported and perhaps give a sense of how many were made.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Judging by Premier movements that have been reported to date, they fall in the following 4 movement variations;
 

 7861501

 7862500

 Version 1  SNP2  2 BBS
 10038201  10501500  Version 2  SNP2  3 BBS
 10525801  11060500  Version 3  Pat. Stud
 11070301  12578000  Version 4  Jwl Screws  
 14002001  14195500  Version 5  Case Screws  
 
This classification would change if Premiers are reported outside the above ranges.
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