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[A brief departure from our ongoing study of the Burlington Watch Company] Pictured: Grade 8 M.D. Ogden Movement #257048, c.1873. Yesterday’s post told the story of how Mahlon D. Ogden’s Mansion miraculously survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 as the only building left standing that...
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Pictured: Edison Phonograph Advertisement by F.K. Babson [The Berkeley Gazette, March 6, 1911] and Burlington Watch Advertisement by Burlington Watch Co. [The San Francisco Call, December 21, 1911]. Starting October 1911, the Burlington Watch Company began publishing advertisements in California newspapers with references to a sales...
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Pictured: “Burlington 12 Size Watch,” c.1911 Burlington Watch Company Catalog. In 1911, the Burlington Watch Company introduced a mid-size gentlemen’s watch to fulfill the demand for a smaller and thinner “Burlington Special.” The movement was based on the 12-Size Grade 274 produced by the Illinois Watch...
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