{"product_id":"the-auburndale-watch-company-first-american-attempt-toward-the-dollar-watch-9783755753742","title":"The Auburndale Watch Company: First American attempt toward the Dollar Watch","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Edwin A. Battison\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bod - Books on Demand\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bod - Books on Demand\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE AUBURNDALE WATCH COMPANY - First American attempt toward the Dollar Watch An interesting part of the watchmaking industry - a well-intentioned endeavor gone wrong. Nevertheless, or exactly because of that, those rare timepieces still around on the market today fetch high prices amongst collectors. Completely re-typed, clearly readable text - no photographic reproduction. Re-arranged layout; all original black-and-white images have been kept. The life of the pioneer has always been arduous. Not all succeeded, and many disappeared, leaving no trace on the pages of history. Here, a painstaking search has uncovered enough of the record to permit us to review the errors of design and manufacture that brought failure to the first attempt to produce a really cheap pocket watch. Published in: CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE MUSEUMOF HISTORY AND TECHOLOGY, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, Bulletin 218, paper 4, pages 49-68, from 1959, SMITHONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, D.C., by Edwin A. Battison, associate curator of mechanical and civil engineering, Museum of History and Technology, at the Smithsonian Institution's United States National Museum\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bod - Books on Demand","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45569221525655,"sku":"9783755753742","price":777.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783755753742.webp?v=1767935963","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-auburndale-watch-company-first-american-attempt-toward-the-dollar-watch-9783755753742","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}