Project Gutenberg 2009-09-08 Public domain in the USA. 180 Battison, Edwin A. 1915 2009 Battison, Edwin Albert The Auburndale Watch Company : $b first American attempt toward the dollar watch Reading ease score: 62.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Chris Curnow, ronnie sahlberg, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Auburndale Watch Company: First American Attempt Toward the Dollar Watch" by Edwin A. Battison is a historical account written in the mid-20th century. The book examines the early aspirations of American watchmaking, focusing on the challenges and failures associated with producing an affordable, reliable dollar watch. It details the innovative attempts made by pioneers like Jason R. Hopkins and William B. Fowle and provides insight into the mechanical designs and production strategies that led to the company's eventual downfall. The book unfolds the story of the Auburndale Watch Company, which aimed to revolutionize the watch industry by creating a low-cost timepiece while maintaining accuracy. It discusses the original inventions, especially the unique rotary mechanism developed by Hopkins, and the subsequent improvements that were attempted under the influence of various partners and financial backers. Despite the ambition and some mechanical achievements of the Auburndale watch, the company ultimately struggled with production intricacies, financial instability, and strong competition, leading to its decline. The narrative serves as a reflection on the perilous nature of pioneering enterprises and the lessons learned from unmet market expectations and poor planning. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Auburndale Watch Company (Auburndale, Mass.) Clock and watch making -- United States TS Text Browsing: Computers & Technology Browsing: Engineering & Construction 118537 118619 2024-11-12T17:36:16.526384 2023-09-13T08:25:42.081021 text/html text/html 112862 2009-09-08T09:16:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 4537689 2009-09-08T09:16:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 4772077 2024-11-12T17:36:21.978275 application/epub+zip 4763797 2024-11-12T17:36:17.478348 application/epub+zip 89152 2024-11-12T17:36:16.891298 application/epub+zip 4633926 2024-11-12T17:36:25.546290 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4616067 2024-11-12T17:36:20.795291 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 136468 2022-09-14T03:40:24.972862 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 84564 84383 2024-11-12T17:36:16.024310 2023-09-13T08:25:41.623022 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 84389 2009-09-08T09:16:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 31538 2009-09-08T09:16:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 84388 2009-09-08T09:16:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 31527 2009-09-08T09:16:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21574 2024-11-12T17:36:25.700254 application/rdf+xml 18001 2024-11-12T17:36:16.973293 image/jpeg 2861 2024-11-12T17:36:16.932296 image/jpeg 4626594 2024-11-12T17:36:16.654304 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog