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Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: The Non-Magnetic Watch Company: Part 2: Charles-Auguste Paillard

By Nathan Moore

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Pictured: Charles-Auguste Paillard Portrait [Courtesy of hautehorlogerie.org] In 1840, Charles-Auguste Paillard was born in the Swiss village of Sainte-Croix. His father was a watch adjuster by trade, and his mother assisted in the business by making fine hairsprings. At age seventeen, Paillard moved to Brazil...

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Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: The Non-Magnetic Watch Company: Part 1: Introduction

By Nathan Moore

"Paillard Non-Magnetic Watch Co - Chicago, U.S.A.” Marking on Illinois Watch Movement The Non-Magnetic Watch Company sold watches produced by a variety of watch manufacturers in the United States. Each.

Dials , History , Lancaster Watch Co.

Abraham Bitner’s Ambitious Plan for a Dial Company

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Patent Celluloid Watch Dial from the Keystone Watch Company with excerpt from the March 1888 issue of The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review. In February 1888, while Abraham Bitner.

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