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Salem Clock Company; Hartford, Connecticut; Sangamo Electric Company; Springfield, Illinois (1899–1931) Self Winding Clock Company; New York City, New York (1886-1970) Sempire Clock Company; St.Louis, Missouri (1897-1908) Seth Thomas Clock Company (1807–Present) Sessions Clock Company; Bristol, Connecticut (1903–1969)
Engraved initial letters on back of Winterhalder & Hofmeier clocks from Schwaerzenbach, Black Forest, Germany. The firm Winterhalder Uhrenfabrik was established in 1810 by Thomas Winterhalder. Even his grandfather Nikolaus Winterhalder (1710-1743) made quality Black Forest clocks with wooden cogs and weights from stones. [1]
Hermle Clocks (1922–present) Junghans, Schramberg (1861–present) Kieninger Clock Company, initially in Mönchweiler, 1921 new factory in Aldingen (1912–present) Kieninger & Obergfell Uhrenfabrik (KUNDO trademark), Sankt Georgen (1918 - recent) Kienzle Uhren, Schwenningen - Schlenker and Keinzle until c1897 (1883-1996) Franz Ketterer
Between 1680 and 1800, the average price of a grandfather clock in England remained steady at £1 10s. In 1680, that was the amount paid by an average working family for a year's rent, so the purchase of clocks was confined to the wealthy. But by 1800, wages had increased enough to allow many lower middle-class households to own grandfather clocks.
The clock-making work moved to Zeeland in the spring of 2005. The Ridgeway plant's production focus became curio cabinets and wine cabinets, product lines more vulnerable to import competition than grandfather and mantel clocks. In December 2007, Howard Miller Clock Co. closed its subsidiary Ridgeway Furniture, resulting in about 70 job losses. [1]
The company was renamed to Schlenker & Kienzle from 1883 until 1922, when it became a stockholder corporation under the name Kienzle Uhrenfabrik, A.G. (Kienzle Clock Factories, A.G.). When the company introduced the "American System" of production in 1894, standardized individual components, and perforated plates, the cost of alarm clocks and ...
Simon Willard (April 3, 1753 – August 30, 1848) was a celebrated American clockmaker.Simon Willard clocks were produced in Massachusetts in the towns of Grafton and Roxbury, near Boston.
Luman Watson was an early Cincinnati clockmaker.He worked in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1819 to 1834. His clocks had wooden works. He made both tall clocks and shelf clocks. Luman Watson, son and grandson of prosperous farmers, was born at Harwinton, Connecticut, on October 10, 1790.