Jewelers Circular

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: The Non-Magnetic Watch Company: Part 33: 1887 Grade List

By Nathan Moore

In Catalogs & Resources

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 issue of the Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, featuring six grades in two primary models....

Patents & Innovations

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: The Non-Magnetic Watch Company: Part 14: Alternative Anti-Magnetism Devices: Giles Anti-Magnetic Shield

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: “The Giles Patent Anti-Magnetic Shield” Advertisement, The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, 1884 (Unknown Issue) As electricity was being adopted across the globe in the 1880s, the watch industry.

History , Illinois Watch Company

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: “Burlington Watch Co.” Part 32: The “Little Guys”

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Members and Guests at the Annual Meeting of the Michigan Retail Jewelers’ Association at Detroit, Jewelers’ Circular, July 1908. While the Burlington Watch Company strategically positioned itself in the.