Patents
Pictured: Elgin National Watch Company “Odd Fellows, Initiatory Degree to Patriarchs Militant” Society Dial No. 1130, c. 1890s. On December 30, 1884, Henry Abbott, a leading innovator in the American.
Pictured: William Sylvester Eaton, c.1924. William Sylvester Eaton was a pivotal figure in the American watch industry. After spending his childhood in Waltham, Massachusetts, Eaton moved to Sag Harbor, New.
Pictured: Original Hour and Minute Hands Packaged with an Original 8112 Ferguson Dial, c.1915. Due to the unusual arrangement of the figures on Louis Buck Ferguson’s patented dial design, each.
Pictured: Back of Hamilton 8112 Ferguson Dial Showing Patent Dates, c.1915. After Louis Buck Ferguson created his unique dial, he aimed to protect the design internationally by submitting patent applications.
Pictured: Ezra C. Fitch’s Red “Annular Acorn” Dial with Staggered Marginal Minutes,, c.1901. While the staggered marginal minute dial attributed to Ezra C. Fitch was never granted a design patent,.
Pictured: Portrait of Henry S. Montgomery, Published in the Santa Fe Magazine, March 1924. Henry S. Montgomery established the watch service department of the Santa Fe Railway System and served.