Positional Adjustments

Rockford Watch Company Grade 545 Railroad Grade Movement Rating Certificate

By Nathan Moore

In Rockford

Rockford Watch Company Grade 545 Rating Certificate for Movement #560054, August 1904 Around 1906, the Rockford Watch Company attempted to gain more market share by leveraging stricter specifications required for railroad service watches. To further reinforce the precision and reliability of these watches, the company...

Adjustments

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: The Non-Magnetic Watch Company: Part 43: The Swiss Operation – The Adjusters

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Grade No. 71 Movement Cut, 1893 Marshall Field & Co. Catalog The business operation of the Geneva Non-Magnetic Watch Company in Switzerland was more complex than most American watch.

Adjustments

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: The Non-Magnetic Watch Company: Part 34: Challenge of Positional Adjustment on Palladium Hairsprings

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Non-Magnetic Watch Company Grade No. 100 Extra, Especially Adjusted by Alexis Favre, 1888 Catalog Page Reproduced in the June 1989 Issue of the NAWCC Bulletin, “Non-Magnetic Watch Co. of.

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: “Burlington Watch Co.” Part 15: Fully Adjusted

By Nathan Moore

In Adjustments , Catalogs & Resources , History , Illinois Watch Company

Pictured: Burlington Special “Fully Adjusted,” Burlington Watch Company Catalog, c.1911. Since the second-generation 16-Size “Burlington Special” was adjusted to temperature, isochronism, and positions, the Burlington Watch Company could correctly claim the watch was “fully adjusted” by the accepted definitions during this era. The c.1911 Burlington...

Adjustments , History , Illinois Watch Company

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: “Burlington Watch Co.” Part 14: Adjusted to Positions

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Burlington Special Positional Adjustments, Burlington Watch Company Catalog, c.1911. The second-generation 16-Size “Burlington Special” (Grade 185) was described in catalogs and advertisements as “Adjusted to Positions.” From the summary.

Adjustments , Analysis , History , Illinois Watch Company , Movements

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: “Burlington Watch Co.” Part 9: Adjustments and Regulation of the Grade 174 Burlington Special

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Burlington Watch Company Grade 174 (Unadjusted) Movement Manufactured by the Illinois Watch Company, c.1908. The early 16-Size “Burlington Special” watches sold by the Burlington Watch Company were based on.

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: “Burlington Watch Co.” Part 8: Adjustment Confusion

By Nathan Moore

In Adjustments , Advertising History , Illinois Watch Company

Pictured: Watch Diagrams Compared, “Fighting the Trust” Burlington Special Watch Advertisement, Missouri Valley Farmer (Topeka, Kansas), June 1908 [Left] and “Fighting the Trust” Burlington Special Watch Advertisement, Popular Mechanics, November 1909 [Right] The earliest advertisements promoting the “Burlington Special” claimed the watch was “Adjusted to...

Adjustments , Catalogs & Resources , Illinois Watch Company

Private Label Trade Names on American Pocket Watches: “Santa Fe Special” Part 18

By Nathan Moore

Pictured: Santa Fe Special Watch Adjustments Excerpt, c.1920 Santa Fe Watch Company Catalog In original promotional materials, the Santa Fe Watch Company always maintained a level of ambiguity when describing.