![]() Raymond movement was placed on the market. During the early part of the 1870's the factory was enlarged. Raymond grade 15-jewels movements were built with Pennsylvania Rail Road on the dial for service on the Pennsylvania Rail Road.īy 1870 the plant was turning out 25,000 watches each year and employed nearly 300 men and 200 women. Taylor grade was introduced in November 1867, also an adjusted 15-jewel, high grade, full plate movement advertised for use by railroad men. Culver in July 1867, also a 15-jewel, adjusted, high grade, full plate movement. The watch was an 18-size, 15-jewels, key wind, key set, full plate, quick train and straight line escapement design adjusted to temperature (later assigned grade 69). The first movement, completed in April 1867, was named the B.W. The factory in Elgin, Illinois, thirty miles northwest of Chicago, was completed in 1866. Several key watchmakers were recruited from the American Waltham Watch Co. The National Watch Company was first incorporated in Chicago, Illinois, in August 1864. Raymond, past Chicago mayor and member of the board of directors of the Chicago and Galena Union Railroad, promoted the construction of a watch factory in the West. Adams, Chicago watchmaker and timekeeper for the railroad serving the Chicago area, along with Benjamin W. ![]() ![]() Elgin National Watch Company, Elgin, Illinois
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