Factories

Locating the Tremont Watch Company Factory in Boston, Massachusetts

By Nathan Moore

In 1864, Aaron L Dennison and A.O. Bigelow organized the Tremont Watch Company in Boston, Massachusetts. The objective was to produce a "hybrid" movement, leveraging cheap manufacturing in Zurich, Switzerland for the train and escapement while manufacturing the remaining parts in America. This brilliant arrangement...

Analysis , Factories , Hampden Watch Company , History , New York Watch Company , Production

The Watch Factories of Springfield, Massachusetts: New York Watch Company and Hampden Watch Company

By Nathan Moore

Early in the history of American watchmaking, the bustling town of Springfield, Massachusetts produced fine watch movements for a nation eager for a new start following the Civil War. For.

Elgin , Factories , History , Photographs

Stereoscopic Views of the Elgin National Watch Company Factory in Elgin, Illinois by Spencer Manley Adams

By Nathan Moore

Years ago, I acquired a stereoscopic view of the National Watch Company factory (Elgin), originally photographed by Spencer Manley Adams around 1874. I recently came across a second Adams view.