Watrous Sterling Watch Chain - for International Silver Sterling Antique 1930s Watch outlet Belt Holder Fob with Chain

A vintage Watrous (a div. of ) International sterling marked watch chain with center engraving FJS. The chain itself has a beautiful unique link design, while the face is hammered. It was likely manufactured prior to 1938, when Watrous was a division of International and had not yet became part of Hall Miller & Co. The piece is in good vintage condition. Zoom in on photos for condition detail.

weight
Approx. dims:
overall length: 8-1/4"
Face 1-1/8"L x 1/2" Wide

About the company:
WATROUS MFG. CO, Wallingford, Conn.
The business known as the Watrous Mfg. Co. when it was incorporated in 1896 had been started many years before as Maltby, Stevens & Company. The company's principal product was German Silver spoon blanks, which were sold to others to be plated and trademarked for the market. The bulk of the production was sold to the Wm. Rogers Mfg. Co. in Hartford. After 1898, Watrous Mfg. Co. became part of the International Silver Company, and the company added smaller articles and novelties to their lines which were made in Sterling Silver and distributed through regular trade outlet channels. In 1938 production of many of the articles produced there was transferred to Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co., but still used the Watrous trademark.

— Edmund P. Hogan in An American heritage: A book about the International Silver Company (1977), pp. 164-65.