. The watch factories of America, past and present. A complete history of watchmaking in America, from 1809 to 1888 . anufacture the movements himselfwithout aid at such times as he could get to work on are finely finished and keep excellent time. The United States Watch Company, of Waltham,Mass., was incorporated in July, 1S84, with a capital of$50,000. The stockholders of the company were Woerd, who had been connected with the AmericanWalthan Watch Company for twenty-five years, E. , T. B. Eaton and Nutting Bros., of Waltham. The Nutting Bros, and
. The watch factories of America, past and present. A complete history of watchmaking in America, from 1809 to 1888 . anufacture the movements himselfwithout aid at such times as he could get to work on are finely finished and keep excellent time. The United States Watch Company, of Waltham,Mass., was incorporated in July, 1S84, with a capital of$50,000. The stockholders of the company were Woerd, who had been connected with the AmericanWalthan Watch Company for twenty-five years, E. , T. B. Eaton and Nutting Bros., of Waltham. The Nutting Bros, and were associated inbusiness under the name ofthe Waltham Watch ToolCompany. The officers ofthe company are T. , President, and E. , Treasurer. Thecompany purchased a tractof land and built a smallfactory, into which thetools, manufactured previously by the Waltham WatchTool Company, were moved. Mr. Woerd made a model for a i6-size, three-quarterplate watch, having a dome in the centre, in orderto accommodate the center wheel, as the barrel was so widethat no room was left for it. This watch was a THE UNITED STATES WATCH. PAST AND PRESENTi I39 the mechanism of which was patented by Mr. tliree thousand of these movements had been made,up to the fall of 1887, but they had met with a poorsale, as the movement required a special case. In November, 1SS7, •^^ Woerd severed his connectionwith the company. The capital stock of the company wasincreased to $150,000 and work commenced on a newinodel which was a 16-size, three-quarter plate, quick train,with lever escapement, and expansion balance. Like thefirst it was stem wind, using the same machinism, but thewide barrel was done away with, thus rendering the domefor center wheel unnecessary. As these watches are notyet on the market it is impossible to say how they will bereceived by the trade. CHAPTER XXVII. IN the summer of 18S5, J. C. Adams visited Peoria, 111.,to interest the capitalists of
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