The Watch Factories of America Past and Present -
eBook - ePub

The Watch Factories of America Past and Present -

A Complete History of Watch Making in America, From 1809 to 1888 Inclusive, with Sketches of the Lives of Celebrated American Watchmakers and Organizers

  1. 150 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Watch Factories of America Past and Present -

A Complete History of Watch Making in America, From 1809 to 1888 Inclusive, with Sketches of the Lives of Celebrated American Watchmakers and Organizers

About this book

This vintage book contains a complete history of watchmaking in America from 1809 to 1888. With accounts of the lives of notable manufacturers and fascinating information on how the industry developed in the nineteenth century, this is a volume that will be of considerable value to those with an interest in horology and the history of the American watchmaking industry. Contents include: uther Goddard. Pitkin Bros. The American Horologe Company. The Warner MFG, Company. N. B. Sherwood. The American Waltham Watch Company, The Nashua Watch Company, Edward Howard. E. Howard Watch and Clock Company, The Newark Watch Company. The Cornell Watch Company, The United States Watch Company of N. J. The Marion Watch Company, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction. First published in 1888.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. A History of Clocks and Watches
  5. Preface
  6. Contents
  7. I. Aaron L. Dennison
  8. II. Luther Goddard. Pitkin Bros. The American Horologe Company. The Warren Mfg. Company. N. B. Sherwood. The American Waltham Watch Company
  9. III. The Nashua Watch Company
  10. IV. Edward Howard. E. Howard Watch and Clock Company
  11. V. The Newark Watch Company. The Cornell Watch Company
  12. VI. The United States Watch Company of N. J. The Marion Watch Company
  13. VII. The Elgin National Watch Company
  14. VIII. J. C. Adams
  15. IX. The Tremont and Melrose Watch Companies
  16. X. The Mozart Watch Company of Providence. The New York Watch Company
  17. XI. The Mozart Watch Company of Ann Arbor. The Rock Island Watch Company. The Freeport Watch Company
  18. XII. The Illinois Watch Company
  19. XIII. The Rockford Watch Company
  20. XIV. The Adams & Perry Watch Mfg. Company. The Lancaster Watch Company. The Keystone Watch Company
  21. XV. The Fitchburg Watch Company
  22. XVI. The Auburndale Watch Company
  23. XVII. The Hampden Watch Company
  24. XVIII. The Waterbury Watch Company
  25. XIX. Independent Watch Company. Fredonia Watch Company
  26. XX. The Bowman Watch
  27. XXI. Columbus Watch Company
  28. XXII. Aurora Watch Company
  29. XXIII. Trenton Watch Company
  30. XXIV. Charles S. Moseley. P. S. Bartlett
  31. XXV. Cheshire Watch Company. Manhattan Watch Company
  32. XXVI. The Self Winding Watch. The United States Watch Company of Waltham
  33. XXVII. The Peoria Watch Company. The N. Y. Standard, Seth Thomas and Wichita Companies