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The '''Hamilton Watch Company''' was originally formed to produce high quality [[pocket watch]]es and [[Watch|wristwatches mid-range and luxury]]. Hamilton would become a corporate conglomerate diversified in other operations. The Hamilton brand name still exists in name as a division of a major Swiss assembler of production grade mechanical and quartz wristwatches.
== History of Hamilton America: 1892–1969 ==
[[Image:Hamilton pocketwatch.jpg|thumb|Hamilton pocket watch, ca. 1904]]
The Hamilton Watch Company was established in 1892 when the Keystone Standard Watch Company was forced into [[bankruptcy]] and sold at a sheriff's sale to a group of [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]] entrepreneurs whose "objective was to build only watches of the highest quality." During this same year, a merger took place between the newly established Lancaster based watchmaking concern and the Aurora Watch Company of [[Illinois]]. A decision was made to name the new company after [[James Hamilton (Pennsylvania)|James Hamilton]], owner of a large tract of land which was granted to him from [[William Penn]] and included what is now the city of Lancaster. The new company would be known as The Hamilton Watch Company.<ref name="vintagewatch">[http://www.vintagewatch.info/History.htm]{{Dead link|date=January 2010}}</ref>
Hamilton Watch Company was housed on a {{convert|13|acre|m2|adj=on}} [[Hamilton Watch Complex|complex]] in Lancaster. Hamilton eventually took possession of Aurora Watch Company's machinery shortly after incorporation. With quality being Hamilton's primary goal, the company set out to manufacture "America’s Finest Watch." The first watch made under the Hamilton name was an 18-size 17-jewel pocket watch in 1893. Within the next six years, Hamilton had developed a reputation for creating pocket watches of the highest caliber of quality. During Hamilton's first fifteen years, only two size movements were produced — the 18-size and the smaller 16-size.<ref name="vintagewatch" />
Its first series of pocket watches, the Broadway Limited, was known as the "Watch of Railroad Accuracy," and Hamilton became popular by making accurate [[Railroad chronometers|railroad watches]]. Hamilton introduced its first wristwatch in 1917. This watch was designed to appeal to men entering World War I and contained the 0-sized 17-jewel 983 movement originally designed for women's pendent watches. The introduction of the 0-sized wristwatch was the start of a line of wristwatches that included some of the finest American wristwatches made. In 1928 Hamilton purchased the [[Illinois Watch Company]] for in excess of $5 Million from the heirs of [[Jacob Bunn]] and [[John Whitfield Bunn]]. Some of the most collectible early Hamilton wristwatches include The Oval, The Tonneau, The Rectangular, The Square Enamel, The Coronado, The Piping Rock, The Spur, The Glendale, The Pinehurst, The Langley, The Byrd, The Cambridge, the Barrel "B" and The Flintridge. Many models came in both solid gold and gold filled cases and, though rare, some wristwatches such as the Grant were made of silver.
During [[World War II]], production of consumer watches was stopped, with all watches manufactured being shipped to troops. More than one million watches were sent overseas. The company was extremely successful in producing [[marine chronometer]]s and deck watches in large numbers to fill the needs of the [[United States Navy]], and other Allied navies as well. The Model 21 Hamilton was built first and had a chain drive fusee and then followed by the Model 22, this model had a traditional main spring this was in a traditional double box and in a deck watch. The Model 21 & 22 had a two day power reserve and the movements of both were marked U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships. The model 22 was also used by the U.S. Army and on the back of some it is marked U.S. Army, but all the model 22 movements are marked U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships. The Model 23 was a 16 size pocket watch case with a black dial, but this was a stop watch. The Model 4992b was in a 16 size case, black dial and was the pocket watch for U.S. Military, the movement was 21 jewel railroad grade.
In 1951, Hamilton rebuffed a hostile takeover bid by the [[Benrus]] watch company. The fallout from the failed takeover action culminated in Hamilton Watch Co. v. Benrus Watch Co. (206 F.2d 738, 740 (2d Cir. 1953), a Federal proceeding that is considered to be landmark in the realm of Federal [[anti-trust]] case law.<ref>[http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/foia/divisionmanual/ch4.htm]{{Dead link|date=January 2010}}</ref>
In 1957, Hamilton introduced the world's first [[electric watch]], the Hamilton Electric 500.<ref>[http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/01/dayintech_0103 Jan. 3, 1957: Debut of the Electric Watch, a Space Age Marvel]</ref> It was available in a variety of non-traditional asymmetrical case styles<ref>[http://www.hamiltonwristwatch.com/history.html René Rondeau: History Of The Hamilton Electric]</ref> including the Ventura.<ref>[http://www.hamiltonwatch.com/webapp/minisites/Ventura_XXL_Elvis_Anniversary_Collection/about.html The golden history of the Ventura]</ref>
In 1962, Hamilton entered into a joint venture (60% owned by Hamilton) with the Japanese watchmaking firm [[Ricoh]] to produce electric watches meant primarily for the Japanese market. The electronic components were produced at Hamilton's Lancaster factory while production of the mechanical works and final assembly was undertaken in Japan. Although production levels of Hamilton-Ricoh watches was high (over 1000 per month), demand was low and consequently, the Hamilton-Ricoh partnership was unable to compete with the substantial market presence of [[Seiko]]. The partnership was dissolved in 1965, with the remaining Hamilton-Ricoh electronic movements (marked "Ricoh 555E") re-cased as "Vantage" and sold in the U.S.<ref>[http://www.electric-watches.co.uk/make/hamilton/ricoh/ricoh.php Hamilton Ricoh Watch Company]</ref>
== Joint Swiss/U.S. operations: 1969–1972 ==
[[Image:Microrotor (Small).jpg|thumb|Swiss Hamilton/Buren Microrotor movement]]
In 1966, Hamilton acquired the [[Buren Watch Company]] in Switzerland, including all factories and technologies that had been developed by Buren up to that point. From 1966 to 1969, Hamilton Lancaster and Buren Switzerland were operated as a joint concern, with Hamilton using a number of Swiss movements for their "American" watches and Buren utilizing a number of components manufactured by Hamilton Lancaster. It was during this time that Hamilton started to selectively incorporate the highly innovative Buren Microtor (a.k.a. Micro Rotor/Microrotor) movement into small numbers of certain upper tier watches, in addition to their ordinary hand-wind and traditional automatic watches.
The Buren (now Hamilton/Buren) Microtor was the first patented automatic wristwatch movement to eliminate the sizable external oscillating weight inherent to most automatic winding watches. Instead, it utilized a much smaller weight that was entirely integrated into the chassis of the movement. This design allowed for a substantially slimmer automatic watch that still retained a center sweep second hand. The Microtor concept was also conceived by [[Universal Geneve]] for use in their famous [[Polerouter]] series of timepieces during this same time. The official title of "first Microtor movement" is still in dispute amongst some horology aficionados, even though Buren patented their design in 1954<ref>[http://www.finertimes.com/asp/watches/manufacturer.asp?code=19 Buren Watch]</ref> while Universal Geneve applied for their patent in May 1955.<ref>[http://www.polerouter.de/frameset-movements.htm]</ref>
In 1969, the Hamilton Watch Company completely ceased its American manufacturing operations with the closure of its factory in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, shifting the entire balance of its manufacturing operations to the Buren factory in Switzerland.
From 1969 to 1972, all new Hamilton watches were produced in Switzerland by Hamilton's Buren subsidiary. In 1971, the Buren brand was returned to Swiss ownership and by 1972, the Buren-Hamilton partnership was dissolved and the factory liquidated, due to decreased interest and sales of the Hamilton-Buren product.<ref>[http://www.ozdoba.net/swisswatch/bueren_hist.html]{{Dead link|date=January 2010}}</ref>
== Transitional Hamilton Watches: 1970s–1990s ==
In 1971, the [[Omega]] & [[Tissot]] Holding Company [[Société Suisse pour l'Industrie Horlogère]] (SSIH) purchased the Hamilton brand and utilized the Hamilton name for a number of branding efforts, including numerous quartz watches in the 1980s.
The Hamilton Watch Division became a subsidiary of HMW. The Hamilton Watch Company changed their name to HMW at the time they sold their Watch division to SSIH.
There has been much confusion as to who developed the [[Pulsar (watch)|Pulsar]], the world's first digital watch. The watch division that today is known as Hamilton, was not involved in the development of the Pulsar.
Through the enforced merger of SSIH and ASUAG Groups in 1984, Hamilton has become a subsidiary of the now denominated [[The Swatch Group|The Swatch Group Ltd.]].
== Hamilton modern day: 1990s–present ==
[[File:HamiltonKhakiFieldOfficer-004.jpg|thumb|right|Hamilton Khaki Field Officer H70615133]]
The Hamilton name brand is currently owned by The Swatch Group Ltd. Swatch Group Hamilton brand watches have grown increasingly popular. Modern Hamilton watches no longer use proprietary "in house" movements, instead using movements made by The Swatch Group's movement making subsidiary, [[ETA SA|ETA]].
[[File:HamiltonKhakiFieldOfficer-009.jpg|thumb|left|Hamilton Khaki Field Officer H70615133 with Swiss ETA 2824-2 movement]]
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Hamilton began a marketing campaign that resulted in a comeback. Vintage designs were coming back in style and Hamilton had a large portfolio of popular designs from the 1920s, 1930's, 1940's and 1950s from which to draw. Playing on this resurgence, Hamilton replicated several of these original designs, such as the Ardmore, Boulton, Cabot, Piping Rock, Spur, Wilshire, and the 1957 Hamilton Ventura. These reissued watches incorporate a modern Swiss-made quartz movement.
In 2007, Hamilton introduced special editions of the Ventura to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the electric watch. For the U.S. market, stainless steel quartz and automatic versions were released with a production of 1,957 each; for the Asian market, yellow and rose gold plated Ventura models were released with a total production of 1,000 each.
In 2009, Hamilton released three new Ventura models to celebrate what would have been the 75th birthday of Elvis Presley. Presley wore a Ventura in the movie Blue Hawaii. The automatic PVD version is an updated design of the Ventura.
==Hamilton in popular culture==
The first movie to portray Hamilton product was the Oscar-nominated ''[[The Frogmen (1951 film)|Frogmen]]'' in 1951 when the diving expertise of the characters and watches were put to the test. In the 1960s [[Elvis Presley]] followed suit and wore the Ventura in ''[[Blue Hawaii]]''. The Ventura reissue was prominently featured in the ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]'' movies. To date Hamilton watches have appeared in over 300 movies.
The quality of the company's line and its prominent reputation even in the depths of the [[Great Depression]] factored directly in the plot of the 1993 film ''[[King of the Hill (film)|King of the Hill]]''. The story recounts a boy's struggle to survive on his own in a fleabag hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis while his German immigrant father becomes a traveling salesman for the Hamilton Watch Company and away to such an extent that the boy could not be certain he would ever return.
In 2005 [[Nicolas Ivanoff]] started competing with the world's leading aerobatic pilots in a branded Hamilton plane. The character [[Sylar]] on NBC's [[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]] wears a modified Hamilton watch on which the "Hamilton" logo has been changed to "Sylar." In the ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'' episode [[My Dream Job]], [[Bob Kelso|Dr. Bob Kelso]] is seen holding a Hamilton watch. Also, from the early seasons of [[House (TV series)|House]]; Dr. House had the khaki king automatic.
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{refbegin}}
*''Hamilton Watch Co. - America's Finest Watch'' by Will Roseman — [http://www.hamiltonwatch.info/ Comprehensive Early Hamilton Meggers
*''The Watch of the Future'' by René Rondeau
*''Hamilton Wristwatches, a Collector's Guide'' by René Rondeau
{{refend}}
==External links==
*[http://www.hamiltonwatch.com/ Official site]
*[http://www.hamiltonwatch.info/ Will Roseman's Comprehensive Mechanical Wristwatch Information covering 1917–1936]
*[http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/HistoryCultureCollections/SIL-029-015/pdf/SIL-029-015.pdf Electronic version (pdf) of ''Watch Factories of America Past and Present: A complete history of watchmaking in America, from 1809 to 1888''. By [[Henry G. Abbott]] Illustrated with 50 engravings. Chicago: Geo. K. Hazlitt & Co., Publishers 1888.]
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The '''Hamilton Watch Company''' was originally formed to produce high quality [[pocket watch]]es and [[Watch|wristwatches mid-range and luxury]]. Hamilton would become a corporate conglomerate diversified in other operations. The Hamilton brand name still exists in name as a division of a major Swiss assembler of production grade mechanical and quartz wristwatches.
== History of Hamilton America: 1892–1969 ==
[[Image:Hamilton pocketwatch.jpg|thumb|Hamilton pocket watch, ca. 1904]]
The Hamilton Watch Company was established in 1892 when the Keystone Standard Watch Company was forced into [[bankruptcy]] and sold at a sheriff's sale to a group of [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]] entrepreneurs whose "objective was to build only watches of the highest quality." During this same year, a merger took place between the newly established Lancaster based watchmaking concern and the Aurora Watch Company of [[Illinois]]. A decision was made to name the new company after [[James Hamilton (Pennsylvania)|James Hamilton]], owner of a large tract of land which was granted to him from [[William Penn]] and included what is now the city of Lancaster. The new company would be known as The Hamilton Watch Company.<ref name="vintagewatch">[http://www.vintagewatch.info/History.htm]{{Dead link|date=January 2010}}</ref>
Hamilton Watch Company was housed on a {{convert|13|acre|m2|adj=on}} [[Hamilton Watch Complex|complex]] in Lancaster. Hamilton eventually took possession of Aurora Watch Company's machinery shortly after incorporation. With quality being Hamilton's primary goal, the company set out to manufacture "America’s Finest Watch." The first watch made under the Hamilton name was an 18-size 17-jewel pocket watch in 1893. Within the next six years, Hamilton had developed a reputation for creating pocket watches of the highest caliber of quality. During Hamilton's first fifteen years, only two size movements were produced — the 18-size and the smaller 16-size.<ref name="vintagewatch" />
Its first series of pocket watches, the Broadway Limited, was known as the "Watch of Railroad Accuracy," and Hamilton became popular by making accurate [[Railroad chronometers|railroad watches]]. Hamilton introduced its first wristwatch in 1917. This watch was designed to appeal to men entering World War I and contained the 0-sized 17-jewel 983 movement originally designed for women's pendent watches. The introduction of the 0-sized wristwatch was the start of a line of wristwatches that included some of the finest American wristwatches made. In 1928 Hamilton purchased the [[Illinois Watch Company]] for in excess of $5 Million from the heirs of [[Jacob Bunn]] and [[John Whitfield Bunn]]. Some of the most collectible early Hamilton wristwatches include The Oval, The Tonneau, The Rectangular, The Square Enamel, The Coronado, The Piping Rock, The Spur, The Glendale, The Pinehurst, The Langley, The Byrd, The Cambridge, the Barrel "B" and The Flintridge. Many models came in both solid gold and gold filled cases and, though rare, some wristwatches such as the Grant were made of silver.
During [[World War II]], production of consumer watches was stopped, with all watches manufactured being shipped to troops. More than one million watches were sent overseas. The company was extremely successful in producing [[marine chronometer]]s and deck watches in large numbers to fill the needs of the [[United States Navy]], and other Allied navies as well. The Model 21 Hamilton was built first and had a chain drive fusee and then followed by the Model 22, this model had a traditional main spring this was in a traditional double box and in a deck watch. The Model 21 & 22 had a two day power reserve and the movements of both were marked U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships. The model 22 was also used by the U.S. Army and on the back of some it is marked U.S. Army, but all the model 22 movements are marked U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships. The Model 23 was a 16 size pocket watch case with a black dial, but this was a stop watch. The Model 4992b was in a 16 size case, black dial and was the pocket watch for U.S. Military, the movement was 21 jewel railroad grade.
In 1951, Hamilton rebuffed a hostile takeover bid by the [[Benrus]] watch company. The fallout from the failed takeover action culminated in Hamilton Watch Co. v. Benrus Watch Co. (206 F.2d 738, 740 (2d Cir. 1953), a Federal proceeding that is considered to be landmark in the realm of Federal [[anti-trust]] case law.<ref>[http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/foia/divisionmanual/ch4.htm]{{Dead link|date=January 2010}}</ref>
In 1957, Hamilton introduced the world's first [[electric watch]], the Hamilton Electric 500.<ref>[http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/01/dayintech_0103 Jan. 3, 1957: Debut of the Electric Watch, a Space Age Marvel]</ref> It was available in a variety of non-traditional asymmetrical case styles<ref>[http://www.hamiltonwristwatch.com/history.html René Rondeau: History Of The Hamilton Electric]</ref> including the Ventura.<ref>[http://www.hamiltonwatch.com/webapp/minisites/Ventura_XXL_Elvis_Anniversary_Collection/about.html The golden history of the Ventura]</ref>
In 1962, Hamilton entered into a joint venture (60% owned by Hamilton) with the Japanese watchmaking firm [[Ricoh]] to produce electric watches meant primarily for the Japanese market. The electronic components were produced at Hamilton's Lancaster factory while production of the mechanical works and final assembly was undertaken in Japan. Although production levels of Hamilton-Ricoh watches was high (over 1000 per month), demand was low and consequently, the Hamilton-Ricoh partnership was unable to compete with the substantial market presence of [[Seiko]]. The partnership was dissolved in 1965, with the remaining Hamilton-Ricoh electronic movements (marked "Ricoh 555E") re-cased as "Vantage" and sold in the U.S.<ref>[http://www.electric-watches.co.uk/make/hamilton/ricoh/ricoh.php Hamilton Ricoh Watch Company]</ref>
== Joint Swiss/U.S. operations: 1969–1972 ==
[[Image:Microrotor (Small).jpg|thumb|Swiss Hamilton/Buren Microrotor movement]]
In 1966, Hamilton acquired the [[Buren Watch Company]] in Switzerland, including all factories and technologies that had been developed by Buren up to that point. From 1966 to 1969, Hamilton Lancaster and Buren Switzerland were operated as a joint concern, with Hamilton using a number of Swiss movements for their "American" watches and Buren utilizing a number of components manufactured by Hamilton Lancaster. It was during this time that Hamilton started to selectively incorporate the highly innovative Buren Microtor (a.k.a. Micro Rotor/Microrotor) movement into small numbers of certain upper tier watches, in addition to their ordinary hand-wind and traditional automatic watches.
The Buren (now Hamilton/Buren) Microtor was the first patented automatic wristwatch movement to eliminate the sizable external oscillating weight inherent to most automatic winding watches. Instead, it utilized a much smaller weight that was entirely integrated into the chassis of the movement. This design allowed for a substantially slimmer automatic watch that still retained a center sweep second hand. The Microtor concept was also conceived by [[Universal Geneve]] for use in their famous [[Polerouter]] series of timepieces during this same time. The official title of "first Microtor movement" is still in dispute amongst some horology aficionados, even though Buren patented their design in 1954<ref>[http://www.finertimes.com/asp/watches/manufacturer.asp?code=19 Buren Watch]</ref> while Universal Geneve applied for their patent in May 1955.<ref>[http://www.polerouter.de/frameset-movements.htm]</ref>
In 1969, the Hamilton Watch Company completely ceased its American manufacturing operations with the closure of its factory in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, shifting the entire balance of its manufacturing operations to the Buren factory in Switzerland.
From 1969 to 1972, all new Hamilton watches were produced in Switzerland by Hamilton's Buren subsidiary. In 1971, the Buren brand was returned to Swiss ownership and by 1972, the Buren-Hamilton partnership was dissolved and the factory liquidated, due to decreased interest and sales of the Hamilton-Buren product.<ref>[http://www.ozdoba.net/swisswatch/bueren_hist.html]{{Dead link|date=January 2010}}</ref>
== Transitional Hamilton Watches: 1970s–1990s ==
In 1971, the [[Omega]] & [[Tissot]] Holding Company [[Société Suisse pour l'Industrie Horlogère]] (SSIH) purchased the Hamilton brand and utilized the Hamilton name for a number of branding efforts, including numerous quartz watches in the 1980s.
The Hamilton Watch Division became a subsidiary of HMW. The Hamilton Watch Company changed their name to HMW at the time they sold their Watch division to SSIH.
There has been much confusion as to who developed the [[Pulsar (watch)|Pulsar]], the world's first digital watch. The watch division that today is known as Hamilton, was not involved in the development of the Pulsar.
Through the enforced merger of SSIH and ASUAG Groups in 1984, Hamilton has become a subsidiary of the now denominated [[The Swatch Group|The Swatch Group Ltd.]].
== Hamilton modern day: 1990s–present ==
[[File:HamiltonKhakiFieldOfficer-004.jpg|thumb|right|Hamilton Khaki Field Officer H70615133]]
The Hamilton name brand is currently owned by The Swatch Group Ltd. Swatch Group Hamilton brand watches have grown increasingly popular. Modern Hamilton watches no longer use proprietary "in house" movements, instead using movements made by The Swatch Group's movement making subsidiary, [[ETA SA|ETA]].
[[File:HamiltonKhakiFieldOfficer-009.jpg|thumb|left|Hamilton Khaki Field Officer H70615133 with Swiss ETA 2824-2 movement]]
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Hamilton began a marketing campaign that resulted in a comeback. Vintage designs were coming back in style and Hamilton had a large portfolio of popular designs from the 1920s, 1930's, 1940's and 1950s from which to draw. Playing on this resurgence, Hamilton replicated several of these original designs, such as the Ardmore, Boulton, Cabot, Piping Rock, Spur, Wilshire, and the 1957 Hamilton Ventura. These reissued watches incorporate a modern Swiss-made quartz movement.
In 2007, Hamilton introduced special editions of the Ventura to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the electric watch. For the U.S. market, stainless steel quartz and automatic versions were released with a production of 1,957 each; for the Asian market, yellow and rose gold plated Ventura models were released with a total production of 1,000 each.
In 2009, Hamilton released three new Ventura models to celebrate what would have been the 75th birthday of Elvis Presley. Presley wore a Ventura in the movie Blue Hawaii. The automatic PVD version is an updated design of the Ventura.
==Hamilton in popular culture==
The first movie to portray Hamilton product was the Oscar-nominated ''[[The Frogmen (1951 film)|Frogmen]]'' in 1951 when the diving expertise of the characters and watches were put to the test. In the 1960s [[Elvis Presley]] followed suit and wore the Ventura in ''[[Blue Hawaii]]''. The Ventura reissue was prominently featured in the ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]'' movies. To date Hamilton watches have appeared in over 300 movies.
The quality of the company's line and its prominent reputation even in the depths of the [[Great Depression]] factored directly in the plot of the 1993 film ''[[King of the Hill (film)|King of the Hill]]''. The story recounts a boy's struggle to survive on his own in a fleabag hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis while his German immigrant father becomes a traveling salesman for the Hamilton Watch Company and away to such an extent that the boy could not be certain he would ever return.
In 2005 [[Nicolas Ivanoff]] started competing with the world's leading aerobatic pilots in a branded Hamilton plane. The character [[Sylar]] on NBC's [[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]] wears a modified Hamilton watch on which the "Hamilton" logo has been changed to "Sylar." In the ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'' episode [[My Dream Job]], [[Bob Kelso|Dr. Bob Kelso]] is seen holding a Hamilton watch. Also, from the early seasons of [[House (TV series)|House]]; Dr. House had the khaki king automatic.
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{refbegin}}
*''Hamilton Watch Co. - America's Finest Watch'' by Will Roseman — [http://www.hamiltonwatch.info/ Comprehensive Early Hamilton Meggers
*''The Watch of the Future'' by René Rondeau
*''Hamilton Wristwatches, a Collector's Guide'' by René Rondeau
{{refend}}
==External links==
*[http://www.hamiltonwatch.com/ Official site]
*[http://www.hamiltonwatch.info/ Will Roseman's Comprehensive Mechanical Wristwatch Information covering 1917–1936]
*[http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/HistoryCultureCollections/SIL-029-015/pdf/SIL-029-015.pdf Electronic version (pdf) of ''Watch Factories of America Past and Present: A complete history of watchmaking in America, from 1809 to 1888''. By [[Henry G. Abbott]] Illustrated with 50 engravings. Chicago: Geo. K. Hazlitt & Co., Publishers 1888.]
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