Machinery and Systems
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Machinery and Systems

While the watch artifacts are beautiful and interesting to collect, they do not represent the American contribution to watchmaking. The American System was the machines and production standards that allowed watches to be produced on a massive scale. If you prefer to read the text with hyperlinks to the images use the descriptive catalog.

This catalog provides images of interesting pieces from the historical collection of George Collard.

01taperedbearing.jpg (149211 bytes) 03ChurchGauge.jpg (120971 bytes) 22holegauges.jpg (198456 bytes) 09punch1375no79.jpg (121371 bytes) 06MasterPlateKW16Chrono.jpg (157513 bytes)
Tapered bearings invented by Ambrose Webster Standard Gauges for Machinery Precision Hole Gauges Master Plate Punches - Barrel Bridge Master Watch Plates
1360T18sBalance.jpg (137714 bytes) 21specialcutters.jpg (156580 bytes) 20taps+threadgauges.jpg (191363 bytes) 23gaugeasst.jpg (232367 bytes) 25largegaugeasst.jpg (266014 bytes)
Master Form Cutters Circular Form Cutters Master Thread Standards Dial Gauge Assortment Master Gauge Assortment
24movementtray.jpg (197953 bytes) 45nashua3bearinglathe.jpg (205180 bytes) ScrewMachine.jpg (33932 bytes) 32watchpartdrawings.jpg (142820 bytes) 46starkdamaskeening.jpg (217965 bytes)
Movement Transport Box Stationary Collet 3 bearing lathe C. V. Woerd Automatic Screw Machine Drawings with notes by C. V. Woerd  Damaskeening Machines
48churchpinionmachinetool.jpg (189820 bytes) 27multispindledrill.jpg (160170 bytes) 28watchplatedrill+tap.jpg (112617 bytes) 44tappingmachineqq.jpg (221912 bytes) 41autostafflathe.jpg (163044 bytes)
Church Automatic Pinion finishing machine 4 spindle station drill Automatic Plate drilling & tapping machine drawing American Watch Co. Thread Mill Ink on linen machine drawings
35elevationdrawing.jpg (150804 bytes)

 

 

 

 

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