3198 - American Watchmaking

A Technical History of the American Watch Industry 1850-1930. Supplement to the Bulletin of NAWCC 1984.

Table of Contents :
Foreword
Preface
Introduction to American Watchmaking
Chap. I Formation of the Industry
- Before the Beginning
- The Beginning
- Companies of 1864
Chap. II Operation of the Industry
- The Average American Watch
- Inexpensive Watches
- Precision Watches
- Watchmaking Machinery
Chap. III Out of the Ordinary
- Variations and Oddballs
- Escapements
- Individual Makers
Appendix
- American Watch Companies
- Serial Numbers and Dates
Subject Index
Biographical Index

FIGURES AND TABLES
Figures
- 1 Production of American Watch Industry 1850-1930
- 2 American Watch Factories
- 3 English Watch ca. 1800
- 4 American Watch ca. 1900
- 5 Movement Styles
- 6 Watch Trends
- 7 Trends of Movement Style
- 8 Trends of Watch Size
- 9 Trends of Watch Jewel Count
- 10 Basic 7-Jewel Watch
- 11 Conventional Watch Train
- 12 Going Barrel with Safety Pinion
- 13 Fusee
- 14 Mainspring Barrel with Geneva Stop
- 15 Production of Conventional Jeweled Watches
- 16 Watch Company Population
- 17 Yearly Watch Production
- 18 American Watch Factories that made Inexpensive Jeweled and Dollar Watches
- 19 American Dollar Watch Production
- 20 Watchmaker's Turns
- 21 Mandrel Lathe
- 22 Early Factory Collet Lathe
- 23 Factory Dead Center Lathe
- 24 Turret Type Tooth Cutter
- 25 Single Spindle Tooth Cutter
- 26 Lever Escapements — Foreign Variations
- 27 Long Lever
- 28 Short Lever
- 29 Single Roller Lever
- 30 Double Roller Lever
- 31 Lever Escapements — American Variations
- 32 Pin Wheel Escapement
- 33 Cylinder Escapement
- 34 Duplex Escapement
- 35 Spring Detent Escapement
- 36 Individual American Watchmakers

Tables
- I Watch Trends 1860-1930
- II Nutshell History of Watches
- III Total Production Quantities to 1880
- IV Progression of the American Watch
- V Total Production Quantities to 1900
- VI Total Production Quantities to 1930
- VII Retail Prices ca. 1885
- VIII Presentation Watches
- IX Retail Prices ca. 1920
- X Accuracy of Watches

144 pages

Edition : 1981