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- Automatic Pinion Cutter, Used by the Waltham Watch Company, circa 1892 - 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. Waltham mechanics first invented machines to cut pinions (small gears used in watch movements) in the 1860s. Duane Church, superintendent of toolmakers, developed this improved version in the 1890s.
- circa 1892
- Collections - Artifact
Automatic Pinion Cutter, Used by the Waltham Watch Company, circa 1892
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. Waltham mechanics first invented machines to cut pinions (small gears used in watch movements) in the 1860s. Duane Church, superintendent of toolmakers, developed this improved version in the 1890s.