"In 1904 this man managed a series of mergers, which brought together his own Philadelphia Watch Case Co., Bates and Bacon, Crescent and the Keystone Watch Case Co." He made various types of cases, using a crown as one trademark and an arm and hammer as another.
"About 1888 he changed the name to the Philadelphia Watch Case Co. THEOPHILUS ZURBRUGG bought out the watch case company of Leichty & Le Bouba in 1884, in Philadelphia, Pa. Niebling, Whitmore Publishing, Philadelphia, PA, 1971 (available on loan by mail to members from the NAWCC Library & Research Center), has a fairly good history of the Philadelphia Watch Case Co., including reproductions of over twenty photos taken inside of the factory.
Philadelphia Watch Case Co.: A Brief HistoryThe book, History of the American Watch Case, Warren H. Nevertheless, the cases continued to be stamped with previous, well-known trade names. Theophilus Zurbrugg merged it with other case companies, the combined entity being the Keystone Watch Case Co. In 1884, the firm of Leichty & Le Bouba was renamed the Philadelphia Watch Case Co.
0 kommentar(er)
