Pictured: Magnetized Balance and Hairspring As electricity was fervently adopted in the late 1800s to power lighting and other devices, the influence of magnetism on watches became a more significant.
Pictured: Rust on a Steel Hairspring At age seventeen, Charles-Auguste Paillard began an apprenticeship under his uncle to study the repair, service, and adjustment of marine chronometers. Paillard quickly realized.
"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.
