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Thomas Frederick Cooper(1789-1863) English watchmaker London, pocket watch; Edward John Dent (1790–1853), English watchmaker, London, pocket watch, marine chronometer. Jean Jacob (1793–1871), French clockmaker, Paris, chronometer, longcase clock. Chauncey Jerome (1793–1868), American clockmaker, Connecticut, New Haven Clock Co.
At first they were sold wholesale to dealers, but later in 1892 a mail order catalogue was produced and watches were sold directly to the public. [1] The Waterbury watch company also initially sold the watches, but the Ingersolls soon negotiated a sole agency deal. In 1893 a smaller version of the Universal watch called the "Columbus" was made. [1]
In 1888 the Dueber Watch Case Company operating in Cincinnati from 1864 bought the Hampden Watch Company of New York, in operation since 1877. Dueber moved them both to Canton, Ohio, where Hampden used the Dueber cases until the companies merged in 1923. Pocket watch sales declined after World War I, and the business closed in 1927.
The first stem-wind and stem-set pocket watches were sold during the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 and the first owners of these new kinds of watches were Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Stem-wind, stem-set movements are the most common type of watch-movement found in both vintage and modern pocket watches.
The Gruen Watch Company was formerly one of the largest watch manufacturers in the United States. It was in business from about 1894 to 1958 and was based in Cincinnati , Ohio . It was founded in 1894 by German-born watchmaker Dietrich Grün, who changed the spelling of his name to "Gruen" because the letter ü does not exist in English.
The National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors describes Regina watches as an inferior brand of Omega, but mentions that some were adjusted highly enough to be used as railroad timepieces, which was the standard for quality watches. [2] [3] The use of Regina watches for railroad timekeeping is documented on other sites as well. For ...
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