J.J. Badollet
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.
Pictured: Deconstructed Parts from a Grade No. 73 Non-Magnetic Watch Co. of America Movement, #65426 An inspection of the Badollet Model sold by the Non-Magnetic Watch Company reveals the movement.
Pictured: Illustrations Exhibiting the Factory of J.J. Badollet in Geneva, Switzerland. The business operation of the Geneva Non-Magnetic Watch Company in Switzerland was more complex than most American watch factories..
Pictured: Geneva Non-Magnetic Watch Company Advertisement, The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, December 1887 [NAWCC Library] The Geneva Non-Magnetic Watch Company published an early grade list in the December 1887.
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.