In addition to creating one of the most iconic works of art in American horology, William A. Gabriel also designed a repeating watch mechanism while chief designer at the Elgin.
Every new model design at the Elgin National Watch Company started on paper in the drafting department. When the “Veritas Model” was envisioned in the late 1890s, the company turned.
Charles P. Corliss, Model Maker at the Elgin National Watch CompanyPhotograph Published in The Watch Word, January 1922 Charles Pelatiah Corliss was a model maker at the Elgin National Watch.
