Charles Willis Ward

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: The Non-Magnetic Watch Company: Part 47: The Badollet Model Design Patent

By Nathan Moore

In Patents & Innovations

Pictured: “Watch Bridge” U.S. Patent #D18722 In a move that was rather uncommon for watch manufacturers at the time, the Non-Magnetic Watch Company of America applied for a design patent to cover the plate design used for the Badollet Model movements. On September 10, 1888,...

History

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: The Non-Magnetic Watch Company: Part 21: The Non-Magnetic Wars

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Waltham Non-Magnetic Watch Advertisement, The Locomotive Engineers’ Journal, February 1888. Just as the Non-Magnetic Watch Company launched their innovative non-magnetic watches in the United States, the American Waltham Watch.

History

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: The Non-Magnetic Watch Company: Part 20: The Non-Magnetic Watch Company of America

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: “The Wonder of the Age - Geneva Non-Magnetic Watch.” The Janesville Daily Gazette, November 1, 1887. The early evolution of the Non-Magnetic Watch Company became more chaotic as Alfred.

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: The Non-Magnetic Watch Company: Part 19: Organization of the Non-Magnetic Watch Co.

By Nathan Moore

In History

Pictured: Charles Willis Ward, Portrait, American Lumberman, October 14, 1911. Shortly after Charles-Auguste Paillard began commercializing his palladium hairspring in 1883, the opportunity for broader production and marketing caught the attention of Charles Willis Ward. Ward was in Europe seeking a better environment for health...

Patents & Innovations

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: The Non-Magnetic Watch Company: Part 12: Charles Willis Ward’s Patent Platinum Alloy

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: U.S. Patent #384,731 Charles-Auguste Paillard received six patents in the United States for his innovative palladium alloys used in watchmaking. Paillard’s alloys were immune to corrosion, did not dilate.

Patents & Innovations

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: The Non-Magnetic Watch Company: Part 11: Paillard’s American Patents: The Cheaper Alloy

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Paillard’s Palladium Balance and Hairspring Charles-Auguste Paillard originally developed his palladium alloys to provide a more suitable material for the construction of fine marine chronometers. As a result of.

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: The Non-Magnetic Watch Company: Part 7: Paillard’s Patents: Palladium Hairspring

By Nathan Moore

In Patents & Innovations

Pictured: C.A. Paillard’s Palladium Hairspring English Patent #6367. In the late 1870s, after a decade of experimentation, Charles-Auguste Paillard successfully developed a palladium alloy that was immune to corrosion, featured elasticity similar to steel, and did not significantly expand or contract when introduced to temperature...