Waltham Manufacturing Company

Waltham Manufacturing Company
Company typeAutomobile manufacturing
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1893 (1893)
FounderCharles Herman Metz, Prof. Herbert L. Thompson, Elmer G. Howe, Frank L. Howe, William Parrot
Defunct1910 (1910)
Fate1908 take-over, 1910 absorbed
SuccessorMetz Company
Headquarters,
Key people
Charles Herman Metz, Leonard B. Gaylor, Charles A. Coffin, John Robbins, Albert Champion, Leo Melanowsky, William H. Little
ProductsBicycles
motorcycles
motorized tricycles & quadricycles
buckboards
automobiles
gasoline engines
automotive parts
Number of employees
ca. 200 in 1909

Waltham Manufacturing Company (WMC) was a manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles, motorized tricycles and quadricycles, buckboards, and automobiles in Waltham, Massachusetts. It sold products under the brand names Orient, Waltham, and Waltham-Orient. The company was founded in 1893, moving to self-propelled vehicles after 1898.