Enameled watch dials date back to the 1600s and were common on European watches by the time the watch industry was brought to life in America. When Aaron Dennison and.
Continuing the article from yesterday describing the early process of dial production at the National Watch Company: “Then the dial goes to an artist, who, holding it under a magnifier,.
During the early years of the American watch industry, each dial was meticulously hand-painted, proving to be one of the most time consuming elements in the production process. After the.
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.
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.
