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- Engraving, "American Watch Company," 1876 - The American (Waltham) Watch Company of 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. Waltham workers hand-assembled watches from machine-made parts. Though the watches were designed for quantity production and parts were interchangeable, assembly still required dexterity, knowledge, and judgement.
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Engraving, "American Watch Company," 1876
The American (Waltham) Watch Company of 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. Waltham workers hand-assembled watches from machine-made parts. Though the watches were designed for quantity production and parts were interchangeable, assembly still required dexterity, knowledge, and judgement.