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Non-Magnetic Watch Co.

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Pictured: Geneva Non-Magnetic Watch Company Advertisement, Locomotive Engineers’ Journal, August 1887 As soon as the Geneva Non-Magnetic Watch Company was able to introduce their new watches to the American market, the company advertised to the railroad industry, targeting “locomotive engineers, firemen, conductors, and employees of...
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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 attention of Charles Willis Ward. Ward was in Europe seeking a better environment for health...
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Pictured: Thomas Edison’s Jumbo Dynamo (Electric Generator) Charles-Auguste Paillard originally developed palladium alloys for use in fine marine chronometers due to the non-corrosive properties of the alloy.  In the 1880s, electricity was being adopted across the globe for many applications. Generators, lighting, electric motors, and...
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