History

Century

Aaron L. Dennison

1812-1895
American clockmaker.
Established in the USA then in England.

1840s
Industrialisation of watchmaking: development of a system called “American System of Watch Manufacturing” (interchangeability system).

1850
Establishment, with Edward Howard and Samuel Curtis, of the future Waltham Watch Company (established at Waltham - USA, in 1954): first watchmaking factory to produce perfectly interchangeable parts of movements. It met with success creating competitively priced watches.

Founder of a watch case factory in Birmingham (GB).

Perimeter

Haute Horlogerie Perimeter

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HH Magazine News

A new record for Rolex at auction

17 May 2013

While Patek Philippe again claimed the most valuable lot at the spring auction session in Geneva, Rolex confirmed its as…

Swatch Sistem51: Just How Far will the Revolution Go?

16 May 2013

Sistem51, the new Swatch self-winding mechanical movement, is to be assembled and adjusted entirely by machine. This gro…