Design

The Adams & Perry Lancaster Watch: Perry’s Patent Plate Design Inspired by “Hogarth’s Line of Beauty”

By Nathan Moore

In Lancaster Watch Co.

Adams & Perry Movement with Perry's Patent Plate Design Highlighted The premier watch movement introduced in 1874 by the Adams & Perry Watch Company features an elegant swooping plate profile that appeals to anyone with an eye for aesthetics. This unique plate design was patented...

Patents & Innovations

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

By Nathan Moore

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.

Henry Abbott’s Patented Dial Design Technique, Assigned to the Elgin National Watch Company

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Elgin National Watch Company “Odd Fellows, Initiatory Degree to Patriarchs Militant” Society Dial No. 1130, c. 1890s. On December 30, 1884, Henry Abbott, a leading innovator in the American.