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.
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.
At the beginning of 2019, I set an aggressive goal to digitize and upload 50 publications related to the American watchmaking industry by the end of the year. This newest.
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.
The Rockford Watch Company introduced its first watches to the market in 1876 in the midst of a country-wide economic depression. Despite the difficult challenge, strategic marketing efforts helped 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..
