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Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: “Burlington Watch Co.” Part 8: Adjustment Confusion

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Watch Diagrams Compared, “Fighting the Trust” Burlington Special Watch Advertisement, Missouri Valley Farmer (Topeka, Kansas), June 1908 [Left] and “Fighting the Trust” Burlington Special Watch Advertisement, Popular Mechanics, November 1909 [Right] The earliest advertisements promoting the “Burlington Special” claimed the watch was “Adjusted to...

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Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: “Santa Fe Special” Part 18

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Santa Fe Special Watch Adjustments Excerpt, c.1920 Santa Fe Watch Company Catalog In original promotional materials, the Santa Fe Watch Company always maintained a level of ambiguity when describing.

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