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- Pocket Watch Given to Sidi Mustapha Khaznadar, Grand Vizier of Tunis, by President Andrew Johnson, 1865 -
- April 01, 1865
- Collections - Artifact
Pocket Watch Given to Sidi Mustapha Khaznadar, Grand Vizier of Tunis, by President Andrew Johnson, 1865
- Pocket Watch, Given as a Birthday Gift, circa 1880 -
- circa 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Pocket Watch, Given as a Birthday Gift, circa 1880
- Three Spindle Drill Press, Used by the Waltham Watch Company, circa 1880 - The Waltham Watch Company was a world-famous example of a highly mechanized manufacturer of quality consumer goods. Specialized labor, new machines, and interchangeable parts combined to produce the company's low-cost, high-grade watches. Workers used this type of drill press to put holes in watch face plates -- an operation later mechanized by an automatic plate drilling machine invented in 1890.
- circa 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Three Spindle Drill Press, Used by the Waltham Watch Company, circa 1880
The Waltham Watch Company was a world-famous example of a highly mechanized manufacturer of quality consumer goods. Specialized labor, new machines, and interchangeable parts combined to produce the company's low-cost, high-grade watches. Workers used this type of drill press to put holes in watch face plates -- an operation later mechanized by an automatic plate drilling machine invented in 1890.