. The watch factories of America, past and present. A complete history of watchmaking in America, from 1809 to 1888 . veredwith an ordinary thivnble. Mr. Bucks first experiment onthe model proved a failure, but after afew months work he produced a workingmodel which was pronounced model was shown to Mr. CharlesBenedict, of the Benedict & BurnhamManufacturing Co., of Waterbury, Conn.,who after testing it in various ways pro-nounced it satisfactory, and made arrange-ments for starting the work of manu-facture in his establishment. It wassupposed thatwith the toolsow
. The watch factories of America, past and present. A complete history of watchmaking in America, from 1809 to 1888 . veredwith an ordinary thivnble. Mr. Bucks first experiment onthe model proved a failure, but after afew months work he produced a workingmodel which was pronounced model was shown to Mr. CharlesBenedict, of the Benedict & BurnhamManufacturing Co., of Waterbury, Conn.,who after testing it in various ways pro-nounced it satisfactory, and made arrange-ments for starting the work of manu-facture in his establishment. It wassupposed thatwith the toolsowned by theBenedict &Burnham Co.,together ^vithspecial tools tob e manufac-tured, that thework could becomnienced in about sixmonths. This was in January,1878, but it was not untilDecember, 1879, that every-thing was ready for the rooms set apart in thefactory soon proved too small,and a special building was erected for the purpose. A stockcompany was incorporated under the style of The Water-bury Watch Company, and Mr. Benedict was elected asthe first President. The movement was patented, and the END SPRING UNWOUND.
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