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Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: “Burlington Watch Co.” Part 63: The “Burlington Supreme” Line

By Nathan Moore

In Catalogs & Resources

Pictured: ”The New Burlington Supreme,” c.1923 Burlington Watch Company Catalog. As trends moved rapidly in the early 1920s toward elegant metal dials and fancy case designs, the Burlington Watch Company introduced the “Burlington Supreme” line. “Burlington Supreme” was purely applied as a marketing name, as...

Movements

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: “Burlington Watch Co.” Part 62: 12-Size Grade 275 Burlington.

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Grade 275 Burlington Movement, Courtesy of PWDB User v3ngence. When the Burlington Watch Company transitioned to exclusively selling 21-Jewel watches in 1916, the previous generation 12-Size Grade 274 was.

Dials

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: “Burlington Watch Co.” Part 61: Burlington Dial Options

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Burlington Dial Options, c.1923 Burlington Watch Company Catalog. By the early 1920s, the dial designs offered by the Burlington Watch Company had expanded immensely. Instead of three standard styles,.

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: “Burlington Watch Co.” Part 60: “Burlington Special” Dials vs. “Burlington” Dials

By Nathan Moore

In Dials

Pictured: Grade 107 “Burlington” Dial, c.1919. When the Burlington Watch Company introduced the new generation Grade 107 and Grade 108 Burlington watches in late 1916, it represented a strategic shift. The familiar “Burlington Special” name that had been used since the beginning of the company’s...

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