G. W. HALTOM. VINTAGE HALTOM'S JEWELRY FORT WORTH TEXAS BRONZE POCKET WATCH STAND HOLDER. MARKED ON THE BOTTOM. HALTOM'S FORT WORTH PAT. THE SIZE IS 3 1/2 X 2 3/8 INCH BASE. THE HEIGHT IS 7 INCHES. THIS HOLDER IS FOR AN 18 SIZE WATCH-- EXAMPLE WATCH DOES NOT GO WITH THE HOLDER. THIS SHOULD HAVE A LONGER PENDANT POCKET WATCH THAT IS STEM SET. WHEN THE WATCH IS IN THE HOLDER IT IS HARD TO WIND IT SO YOU TILT IT TO THE RIGHT SIDE TO THE MACHINED OUT OPENING AT THE BOTTOM TO WIND AND SET THE WATCH. IT WOULD BE HARD YOU WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE A LEVER SET WATCH TO SET. SO I RECOMMEND A LONG PENDANT STEM SET WATCH.  THIS IS OF COURSE A DESIGN FLAW AND TO CORRECT IT HE MACHINED AN OPENING AT THE ABOTTOM OF THE RIGHT SIDE THAT YOU COULD GET AHOLD OF THE CROWN TO WIND THE WATCH. I HAVE NOT SEEN ONE OF THESE AND EXPECT HE DID NOT MAKE MANY ONCE HE SAW THE DESIGN FLAW ON DIFFICULTY TO WIND THE WATCH AND SET. 



Haltom’s Jewelers, a Fort Worth institution since 1893, is closing.

Jack Miller, whose family has owned the high-end jewelry retailer since 1983, announced the closure in a Nov. 7 letter. He did not specify when stores would officially stop welcoming customers but said there will be a final sale. 

“We thought about selling Haltom’s instead of closing it down, but we quickly decided this wasn’t best for our employees and our customers,” Miller said in the letter. 

Miller said that while most of the company’s employees would have been hired by a new owner, the new company would not be under any obligation for long-term severance pay if things didn’t go well. Miller said Haltom’s will pay current employees their 2025 salary, health insurance and profit sharing. 


“G.W. Haltom, our founder, always had very high standards for the merchandise he sold and his treatment of his customers. He never carried 10 kt gold or any synthetic stones,” said Miller in the letter. “Ladye Ann and I have carried on this same tradition for the last 41 years. Even today as most of our industry has started selling lab grown diamonds, this is something we never considered.