When the Rockford Watch Company commenced manufacturing in 1876, the prominent American watch companies such as Waltham and Elgin had already introduced innovative stem-wind movements. By the next year, Rockford.
Starting around 1896, the Keystone Watch Case Company became the exclusive export selling agent for the Elgin National Watch Company. Decades earlier, Elgin had attempted to market their movements in.
Shortly after the turn of the century, the Keystone Watch Case Company purchased the rights to the E. Howard name in an attempt to drive a strategic push into the.
In 1921, the Illinois Watch Company published a promotional booklet titled “Illinois Watches and Their Makers.” The majority of the content included in this publication consists of excerpts from the.
Following a short period of time when Waltham manufactured movements for Keystone with the E. Howard name, a new 16-Size product lineup was introduced to the market in April 1905..
I recently digitized the Price List of Material: [Illinois] Springfield Watch Company pamphlet, originally published August 1, 1875. This material catalog covers early grades Stuart, Bunn, Miller, Currier, Hoyt, Mason, and Bates..
