Dudley and His Masonic Watch

William Wallace Dudley was born in 1851 in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, and began his career as a Horologist at the age of 13, when he became an apprentice to a maker of ship chronometers in Canada.

Some years later after completing his apprenticeship, he moved to the United States and joined with the Waltham Watch Factory in Waltham. MA, where he was employed as a model maker.

As was rather common among good watchmakers of the period, Dudley moved around from one watch factory to another, gaining knowledge and experience.

From 1906 to 1920 he was designer and superintendent of manufacture at the Hamilton Watch Co, Lancaster, PA, leaving at the age of 69 to fulfill his dream of establishing his own watch factory. ... [Read more]

The following has been taken from the October 2006 (Volume LIX, Number 5) issue of The Philalethes Society.

Peace pipe / Tomahawks were ceremonial gifts given by Native American tribes to notables for favorable treatment, services rendered, and etc.

This particular Peace pipe / Tomahawk was given to Matthew Stanley Quay, then US Senator from Pennsylvania, by the tribes of the Arizona/New Mexico territories. It was awarded to him for his favorable legislative assistance while on the Senate Committee of Indian Affairs in the late 1800's.

You will notice the square and compasses inlaid on the blade. This indicates (at least to this humble writer) Brother Quay's great interest in Freemasonry and his conveying it to those around him. ... [Read more]