Charles W. Fogg

American Innovation: Charles S. Moseley’s Patent Safety Pinion: Improving Merritt Burt’s Design (Part 5)

By Nathan Moore

Charles S. Moseley joined the National Watch Company in 1864 after being lured away from the American Watch Company in Waltham. Moseley exhibited a brilliant mechanical mind and was offered the position of superintendent and master mechanic at the new Elgin factory. Charles S. Moseley...

Elgin , Patents & Innovations

American Innovation: Benjamin Bacons’s Patent Safety Pinion: Improving Merritt Burt’s Design (Part 4)

By Nathan Moore

Around 1869, the National Watch Company (Elgin) faced the reality that the safety pinion used in its watch movements was inherently flawed. As a result, the company was forced to.

Patents & Innovations , Waltham

American Innovation: Charles W. Fogg’s Safety Pinion: The Better Patent Pinion (Part 3)

By Nathan Moore

While Charles W. Fogg is generally credited with creating the first safety pinion in America, Merritt Burt actually secured a patent for his safety pinion design a few months before.

American Innovation: Merritt Burt’s Safety Pinion: Introduction (Part 1)

By Nathan Moore

In Elgin

National Watch Company (Elgin) B.W. Raymond #829 Marked "Burt's Patent" "Mainspring Events" The large mainspring that serves as the power source for a mechanical watch movement can also become a violent adversary when it breaks, releasing a destructive shock throughout the delicate watch train. As...