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Contributions from
The Museum of History and Technology:
Paper 4
The Auburndale Watch Company
Edwin A. Battison
By Edwin A. Battison
THE AUBURNDALE WATCH COMPANY:
First American Attempt Toward the Dollar Watch
The life of the pioneer has always been arduous.Not all succeed, and many disappear leaving notrace on the pages of history. Here, painstakingsearch has uncovered enough of the record to permitus to review the errors of design and manufacturethat brought failure to the first attempt to produce areally cheap pocket watch.
This paper is based on a study of the patent modelof the Auburndale rotary and other products of thecompany in the collections of the National Museum,and of other collections, including that of the author.The study comprises part of the background researchfor the hall of timekeeping in the Museum of Historyand Technology.
The Author: Edwin A. Battison is associatecurator of mechanical and civil engineering, Museumof History and Technology, in the SmithsonianInstitution’s United States National Museum.
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