Louis Bornard

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....

History

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: The Non-Magnetic Watch Company: Part 19: Organization of the Non-Magnetic Watch Co.

By Nathan Moore

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.