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The Encyclopedia of Horology

Boston, United States · 1754 – 1842

William Bond

Partially verified

Precision chronometers

Life & work

Founded William Bond & Son; established the first chronometer rating station in the US.

Training, contributions & innovations

  • Pioneered marine chronometry in America

Inventions & patents

  • N/A

Signatures & markings on surviving work

  • Wm. Bond & Son

Collecting significance

Authenticity depends on signatures and movement quality. For 19th-century makers, serial numbers often allow for precise dating. For modern independents, documentation from the maker is key.

Related photographs

Marine chronometer, Stockholm, 1845, TM44861 - Tekniska museet - Stockholm, Sweden - DSC01400
Marine chronometer, Stockholm, 1845, TM44861 - Tekniska museet - Stockholm, Sweden - DSC01400 — Daderot, CC0. Wikimedia Commons file page

No confidently matched photograph of this subject has been found yet. These photographs show a closely related record, and are not examples of the type described on this page.

Sources & references

  1. Britten, F. J., Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers
  2. Loomes, B., The Early Clockmakers of Great Britain
  3. Ehrhardt, R., American Pocket Watch Identification and Price Guide
  4. Museum catalogue records

Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.