O'Hara Dial Company

Tariff Trouble: Imported Swiss Dials and the American Watch Industry

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: New York Standard Dial with “Swiss” Marking on Reverse, c.1905 Despite the numerous dial companies organized in the United States, only the O’Hara Waltham Dial Company was able to survive in the market for more than a few years. The largest challenge most dial...

Dials , History

List of Failed American Dial Manufacturing Businesses from Swiss Import Market

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: “Western Special” Swiss Import Dial in the O’Hara Style, c.1900 By 1909, the O’Hara Waltham Dial Company was the last remaining independent dial manufacturing operation in America. Techniques developed.

Dials , Factories , Waltham

The O’Hara Dial Company in Waltham, Massachusetts

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: American Waltham Blue/Gold Fancy Dial (Unmarked, Considered to be an O’Hara Dial), c.1894. In 1890, the Waltham Dial Company was organized to satisfy the demand for fashionable “fancy dials.”.