The Illinois Watch Company distributed this small illustrated catalog in 1884 to promote its line of watch movements offered at the time. The introduction to the catalog mentions several improvements.
Different Approach The patented safety pinion designs by Burt, Fogg, and Moseley all operated by means of a center pinion that would disengage from the center staff when the mainspring.
The safety pinion was one of the most pivotal inventions to impact the America watch industry. The ability to protect the delicate watch parts from being damaged when a mainspring.
Charles S. Moseley joined the National Watch Company in 1864 after being lured away from the American Watch Company in Waltham. Moseley exhibited a brilliant mechanical mind and was offered.
While Charles W. Fogg is generally credited with creating the first safety pinion in America, Merritt Burt actually secured a patent for his safety pinion design a few months before.
Merritt Burt's Patent Safety Pinion (Center Wheel and Pinion from National Watch Company Movement) On September 13, 1864, Merritt Burt was granted the first patent for a safety pinion design.
