Imports

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: “Burlington Watch Co.” Part 29: Re-Imported Watches

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: “Cheaper to Re-Import Watches,” Burlington Watch Company Catalog, c.1911. In an attack on the unscrupulous methods of the “watch trust,” the Burlington Watch Company exposed the drastic price differential between the American market and the European market for identical watches. The price differences provided...

Dials , Factories , History

Tariff Trouble: Imported Swiss Dials and the American Watch Industry

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: New York Standard Dial with “Swiss” Marking on Reverse, c.1905 Despite the numerous dial companies organized in the United States, only the O’Hara Waltham Dial Company was able to.

Dials , History

List of Failed American Dial Manufacturing Businesses from Swiss Import Market

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: “Western Special” Swiss Import Dial in the O’Hara Style, c.1900 By 1909, the O’Hara Waltham Dial Company was the last remaining independent dial manufacturing operation in America. Techniques developed.