The first Rockford watch, a key-wind, 18-size, full plate with expansion balance was released in May 1876. and had previously worked for the United States Watch Co. Clarke was appointed superintendent, Clarke was also from the Cornell Watch Co. The factory building was built in 1875-76, incorporating equipment purchased from the Cornell Watch Company. Parker became key employees establishing Rockford. Former Cornell Watch Company employees, P. The Rockford Watch Company was organized in 1874 in Rockford, Illinois, located 93 miles west of Chicago, following the reorganization and move of the Cornell Watch Co. of San Francisco encountered financial difficulties and closed in 1876. The Cornell Watch Company reorganized and relocated to San Francisco in 1874. Cornell manufactured a range of ten grades of 18-size watches. (Newark, NJ) and had it shipped to Chicago, to be installed in a newly built factory in 1871. Adams obtained the plant of the Newark Watch Co. was formed in 1870 by Paul Cornell, a real-estate dealer in suburban Chicago, along with J.C. Rockford Watch Co, Rockford, Illinois Cornell Watch Co., Chicago
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