Project Gutenberg 2009-09-08 Public domain in the USA. 355 Battison, Edwin A. 1915 2009 Battison, Edwin Albert The Auburndale Watch Company : $b first American attempt toward the dollar watch Produced by Chris Curnow, ronnie sahlberg, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Auburndale Watch Company: First American Attempt Toward the Dollar Watch" by Edwin A. Battison is a historical account written in the mid-20th century. The book examines the early aspirations of American watchmaking, focusing on the challenges and failures associated with producing an affordable, reliable dollar watch. It details the innovative attempts made by pioneers like Jason R. Hopkins and William B. Fowle and provides insight into the mechanical designs and production strategies that led to the company's eventual downfall. The book unfolds the story of the Auburndale Watch Company, which aimed to revolutionize the watch industry by creating a low-cost timepiece while maintaining accuracy. It discusses the original inventions, especially the unique rotary mechanism developed by Hopkins, and the subsequent improvements that were attempted under the influence of various partners and financial backers. Despite the ambition and some mechanical achievements of the Auburndale watch, the company ultimately struggled with production intricacies, financial instability, and strong competition, leading to its decline. The narrative serves as a reflection on the perilous nature of pioneering enterprises and the lessons learned from unmet market expectations and poor planning. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 62.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Auburndale Watch Company (Auburndale, Mass.) Clock and watch making -- United States TS Text Category: History - American Category: Engineering & Technology 118658 2025-10-12T09:53:25.371491 text/html 112862 2009-09-08T09:16:52 text/html 4771986 2025-10-12T09:53:30.360533 application/epub+zip 4763664 2025-10-12T09:53:26.301597 application/epub+zip 89117 2025-10-12T09:53:25.726471 application/epub+zip 4633814 2025-10-12T09:53:33.578470 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4616071 2025-10-12T09:53:29.294457 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 136468 2022-09-14T03:40:24.972862 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 84570 2025-10-12T09:53:24.939481 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 84389 2009-09-08T09:16:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 84388 2009-09-08T09:16:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20287 2025-10-12T09:53:33.832471 application/rdf+xml 18001 2025-10-12T09:53:25.809451 image/jpeg 2861 2025-10-12T09:53:25.765521 image/jpeg 31538 2009-09-08T09:16:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 4537689 2009-09-08T09:16:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 31527 2009-09-08T09:16:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 4626617 2025-10-12T09:53:25.517484 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog