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Pictured: “Here Is Our Great Anti-Trust Offer!” Enclosed within c.1911 Burlington Watch Company Catalog. The Burlington Watch Company enclosed a variety of inserts when catalogs were sent to prospective customers. These inserts included additional sales pamphlets and order forms. A brief study of these inserts...
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Pictured: “Our $1,000 Challenge” Burlington Watch Company Catalog, c.1911. The time-keeping challenge presented to the Elgin and Waltham factories by the Burlington Watch Company was not a novel concept, despite the company leveraging the prospect of an open competition. The original challenge was issued by...
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Pictured: “Burlington Special” Whimsical Dial Variants Compared [Variant 2 Image Courtesy of Pocket Watch Database Contributor “ngleasonmke”] Two distinct variants of the standard whimsical “Burlington Special” dial were furnished on early watches sold by the Burlington Watch Company. Both variants feature the familiar hour figures...
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