Name | Summary | Parent Co. | Child Co. | Is Base Co. |
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M. S. BENEDICT MFG. CO. | EAST SYRACUSE, N. Y. Maker (or marketer) of cast front clock cases. | Yes | ||
New England Watch Company | The Waterbury Watch Company was renamed the New England Watch Company in 1898. In 1914 Ingersoll purchased the New England Watch Company. | Yes | ||
New Haven | Chauncey Jerome (1793–1868) was an important figure in early American clock manufacturing. In 1816 he worked for Eli Terry and made the first pillar and scroll cases (to house wooden movements). In . . . | Yes | ||
Parker | Maker of alarm clocks in Meridan, Connecticut, ca. 1893 - 1934 | Yes | ||
Plymouth | Name used by Seth Thomas in the 1930s - 1950s for a lower priced lines of clocks. | Seth Thomas | No | |
Regent Mfg. Co. | Chicago. Made cast front cases that often housed Western Clock Clock Manufacturing Company or Western Clock Company movements. | No | ||
Reliance Automatic Lighting Co. | Racine, Wisconsin. Maker of electric time switches, windup and synchronous. | Yes | ||
Revere | The Revere Clock Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. Made chime and strike clocks using Telechron motors. | Telechron | No | |
Salem | Salem Clock Company, 75 Van Dyke Avenue, Hartford, Conn, 06114. Maker (reseller?) of nautical clocks, probably made in Germany. | Yes | ||
Sangamo Electric Company | Original owner of the patents for the Sangamo motors used by Westclox and Seth Thomas. The Sangamo Electric Company was founded in 1899. Made about 40 prototype clocks in 1924 (actually made by the . . . | Yes | ||
Schatz | This is the base company for Aug. Schatz and Sohnne; Jahresuhrehfabrik, and Gutenbacher Uhrenfabrik (Gufa). Jahresuhrenfabrik (Year Clock Factory) made 400 day clocks starting around 1880 - 1885. . . . | Yes | ||
Sears | This is the base company for Sears, Roebuck & Company. They sold some Westclox clocks with the Sears name on the dial. | Yes | ||
Seiko | Founded in 1881, to produce clocks under the name Seikosha. Made watches starting in 1924. (Source Wikipedia) | Yes | ||
Sessions | Elisha N. Welch was born in 1809 at Chatham, CT. He was a businessman who invested in the foundry and clockmaking business. About 1856 Mr. Welch took over the bankrupt J. C. Brown clock factory and st . . . | Yes | ||
Seth Thomas | The base company for Seth Thomas. Seth Thomas was born in Wolcott, CT in 1785, went to work for clockmaker Eli Terry in 1807, bought out Terry’s factory (together with Silas Hoadley) in 1810, and . . . | General Time Corporation; General Time Instruments Corporation; Plymouth; Seth Thomas Clock Company | Yes | |
Seth Thomas Clock Company | Before Seth Thomas was part of General Time | Seth Thomas | No | |
Stancor | Standard Transformer Corporation, Chicago, Illinois. | Yes | ||
Sterling Clock Company | Maker of Sterling Electric automobile clocks. Was in Meridan, Connecticut, then bought by Westclox and moved to LaSalle, Illinois. | Yes | ||
St. Louis Computing Company | A corporation of St. Louis, Missouri. A Stahlberg patent is assigned to this company. | Yes | ||
Stockham Manufacturing Company | Chicago, Illinois. Some patents for cast front clock cases are assigned to them. | Yes | ||
Sunbeam | A well-known American appliance maker. Made electric clocks for a while. | Yes | ||
Swartzbaugh | The Swartzbaugh Mfg. Co. Toledo, Ohio. Maker's name on the Everhot Appliance Timer made by Westclox. | No | ||
Taylor Instruments | Taylor Instruments was founded in 1851. They made measuring instruments for the manufacturing industry, and altimeters for fighter jets in WWI. They are well known for their thermometers, barometers a . . . | Yes | ||
Telechron | This is the base company for Warren Clock Co., Warren Telechron Co., etc. as well as General Electric. | General Electric; General Electric Telechron; Revere; Telechron Inc.; Warren Clock Company; Warren T . . . | Yes | |
Telechron Inc. | Telechron, Inc. ca. the 1950s | Telechron | No | |
Timex | Brand of popular-priced wrist watches (and a few clocks). In 1922, Waterbury Clock Company purchased the Robert H. Ingersoll & Bro. company. In 1944, Waterbury Clock Co. was renamed U.S. Time Corp . . . | Waterbury Clock | No | |
Tork | The Tork Clock Company Inc., Mount Vernon, NY. Made clock operated switches. | Yes | ||
United Clock Company | Founded by Charles Stahlberg, et. al. in 1885. | Westclox | No | |
United Time Products | A name Westclox used ca. the 1930s - 1950s on some private label or lower priced clocks. | Westclox | No | |
Wakmann Watch | Founded in 1946 by Mr. Icko Wakmann. (Source http://shop.wakmann.ch/index.php/history.html) | Yes | ||
Waltham Watch Company | Produced about 40,000 watches and related items from 1850 to 1957. (Source Wikipedia) | Yes | ||
Warren Clock Company | Henry Warren's first company | Telechron | No | |
Warren Telechron Company | Henry Warren's second company | Telechron | No | |
Waterbury Clock | Waterbury Clock Company. The Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, CT was formed in January 1843 to manufacture brass sheeting, brass products and gilt buttons. By the summer of 18 . . . | Timex | Yes | |
Waterbury Watch | Waterbury Watch Company was organized in 1880 to make inexpensive watches. In 1898 it was renamed New England Watch Company. | Yes | ||
Webb C. Ball | Watch manufacturers, Cleveland, Ohio. Specialized in railroad watches and clocks. | Yes | ||
Westclox | This is the base company for Westclox, including United Clock Co., Western Clock Co., Western Clock Mfg. Co., etc. | Columbia Time Products; Eastern Time Limited; General Time Corporation; General Time Instruments Cor . . . | Yes | |
Westclox Canada Talley Industries | Westclox Canada, Talley Industries, a division of Talley Canada Inc. | Westclox | No | |
Westclox Div. General Time Canada | Westclox Division General Time of Canada Limited; Peterborough, Canada. | Westclox | No | |
Westclox Div. General Time Canada Talley | Westclox Division General Time of Canada Limited, A Talley Industries Company; Peterborough, Canada. | Westclox | No |