| 1884 | Stahlberg and others arrived in Peru, Illinois from Waterbury, Connecticut to make clocks based on Stahlberg's idea. Small factory established in back of Brylski's Department Store. First produced 1 clock per day, then 3 or 4 per day, gradually increasing. Started with 8 people. |
| 1885 | Three story brick building erected. Production up to 25 clocks/day. United Clock Company incorporated Dec. 23, 1885. Only 4 inch movements made then. Patent #326,602 granted to Stahlberg on Sept. 22, 1885. |
| Ca. 1886 | Alarm clocks made with dial "Presented by G. William Schlichten, Co. LaSalle, Ill." Mr. Stahlberg gave alarm clocks to employees for Christmas inscribed on back "One of a hundred clocks that cost $10,000." |
| 1887 | Bankrupt & reorganized. Western Clock Co. incorporated May 14, 1887. |
| 1888 | Bankrupt, reorganized by F. W. Matthiessen. The Western Clock Mfg. Co. incorporated July 7, 1888. |
| 1889 | Ernst Roth appointed general manager, serving for 34 years. 81 Employees. Old clocks "recalled" and remodeled for 75 cents each. |
| 1895 - 6 | 50,000 units (largest order to date) for Nine O'clock Washing Tea. |
| 1896 | America, F. W. (later Ironclad), Framed Clock introduced. 200,000 clocks produced by 100 employees. 2 inch movements introduced. |
| 1899 | Pocket watches introduced. |
| 1901 | Production capacity 1,000,000 alarm clocks per year (500,000 units actual production). 285 employees. |
| 1902 | Gaston Leroy joined the company April 21. |
| 1905 | George Kern (Big Ben inventor) hired. 1,150,000 units (3500/day) produced by 410 employees. |
| 1908 | First of the Big Ben patents granted. On October 13, 1908, the board of directors resolved to change the company name to Western Clock Co. (but not approved until 1912). |
| 1909 | First year of Big Ben sales - 28,261 sold this year. The trademark Westclox was first used this year (but not registered as a trademark until 1916). It appeared on the back of the Ironclad in 1909, on the backs of Big Bens from 1910 through 1917. It appeared at the bottom of some dials as early as 3Q 1911. |
| 1910 | Big Ben officially introduced to the market. First advertisement Sept. 24, 1910 Saturday Evening Post, p. 39. 146,099 Big Bens sold this year. 2 million units (total) produced by 880 employees. First year of Baby Ben sales - 4,783 sold this year. It used a modified two inch movement. |
| 1911 | 391,620 Big Bens sold this year. |
| 1912 | baby Ben style 1 (regular movement) first sold. Stockholders approve name change to Western Clock Co. on June 11, 1912. |
| 1914 | 3.5 million Big Ben alarms sold to date (according to March 21, 1914 Saturday Evening Post ad). Advertising manager Gaston LeRoy died in battle in France. |
| 1915 | baby Ben officially introduced, first advertisement Sept. 25, 1915 Saturday Evening Post, page one. 3.3 million units produced by 1370 employees. |
| 1916 | The trade mark "Westclox" was registered. The registration states that the trade mark had been in continual use since November 1909. |
| 1917 | Innovative workers' benefits introduced. Paid life insurance and a safety committee. Westclox name first used in advertising to make line known. Clock dials were consistently marked "Westclox". |
| 1918 | Quarter Century Club organized for longtime employees (15 initial members). Big Ben's price increased to $3.00. Big Ben Style 1a (dustproof) model introduced. |
| 1919 | Western Clock Co., Limited, Canada incorporated as a subsidiary. "First Aid for Injured Westclox" published. |
| 1920 | Luminous clocks in full production. 4.1 million clocks and watches produced by 1870 employees. Western Clock Co., Limited begins operations in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. |
| 1921 | Pocket Ben first advertised. Bluebird introduced. Night classes in math, drawing and slide rule offered for employees. LaSalle Tool Co. purchased. |
| 1922 | New 5 story addition to factory. New Canadian plant occupied. Wood cased Monitor introduced. |
| 1923 | Administration building under construction across the street from factory. Bunkie introduced. |
| 1924 | Ernst Roth died while serving as president and general manager. |
| 1925 | 6.5 million clocks and watches produced by 2700 employees. |
| 1926 | LaSalle Tool Co. sold. |
| 1927 | Big & Baby Ben style 2 (first base model) introduced. Ben Hur introduced. |
| 1928 | Pink, blue and green crackle finish Bens introduced. Tiny Tim introduced. Sterling Clock Co. of Meridan, CT was purchased. Company park, tennis courts and horseshoes courts built. |
| 1929 | 3058 employees (peak number of employees before depression). |
| 1930 | Stockholders of Western Clock Co. approved of plan uniting the company with Seth Thomas Clock Company by the formation of a holding company named General Time Instruments Corporation (November 12, 1930). Westclox pioneered unemployment benefit program. 3 LaSalle series (Dura Case) models and Tom Thumb introduced. |
| 1931 | First electric clocks introduced (Big Ben electric, uses Sangamo synchronous motor). Pull wind automobile mirror clock introduced. Bantam, 3 luminous LaSalle (Dura Case) clocks introduced. Chime Alarm (Big Ben style 3) introduced. General Time purchased Hamilton Sangamo Corp. |
| 1932 | Electric wall clock introduced, using the first Westclox designed manual start synchronous motor. Baby Ben style 3 introduced. America electric, Black Knight introduced. |
| 1933 | 1908 employees on July 1 (minimum number of employees during depression was 1779). Handbag watch, Ben Bolt electric, Fortune, Hustler introduced. |
| 1934 | Canadian plant built new addition. Pickwick introduced. Style 4 Big Ben and Baby Ben introduced. 2312 employees. |
| 1935 | Stromberg Electric Co. purchased by General Time. Westclox safety record - 11 million hours without a lost time accident - 1st in nation. Ben Franklin electric, Country Club electric, LaSalle alarm clock, Tide introduced. |
| 1936 | Name changed to Westclox Division of General Time Instruments Corporation. 2800 employees. R. D. Patton first employee to reach 50 years of service, he started 1/1/1886 at 13 years of age. Style 4 Bens introduced. Wrist Ben introduced - 1st Westclox wristwatch. Fortune luminous, Greenwich, Silent Knight, Table Clock (world w/stars) introduced. |
| 1938 | Travalarm, Spur, Orb introduced. Style 5 Big Ben electric Chime alarm introduced. |
| 1939 | Style 5 windup Big Ben and Baby Ben introduced. Leland introduced. Westclox Ltd., a United Kingdom subsidiary, formed. |
| 1940 | Max Schlenker appointed chief engineer. Production started on mechanical fuse parts for government. Ellworth Danz joined Westclox April 2, 1940. |
| 1941 | 3700 Employees. |
| 1942 | All non-war production ceased July 31. |
| 1943 | Waralarm in molded wood fiber case produced. OPA max. price $1.65. Does not bear Westclox name. 7 pounds brass per 1000 clocks instead of normal 300 pounds. |
| 1944 | 616 Westclox employees in the armed forces. |
| 1945 | Over 7 million fuses produced in addition to more than 1 billion parts produced for arsenals and other manufacturing companies. 679 Westclox employees in the armed forces. 1,355,189,616 parts made for war use. |
| 1946 | Normal production resumed in plants worldwide. Westclox Proprietary, Ltd. organized in Melbourne, Australia. Logan electric, Raven introduced. |
| 1947 | 4000 employees. Westclox clock and watchmakers school organized. |
| 1948 | 200,000,000 clocks and watches produced by Westclox to date (5,000 boxcars full). New Scotland plant produced first clock 21st September 1948. |
| 1949 | Style 6 Big Ben and Baby Ben introduced. Name change: General Time Instruments Corp. to General Time Corp. Scotland plant producing 10,000 clocks/week. Moonbeam flashing light alarm clock introduced. |
| 1950 | Scotland has made 1,000,000 Westclox. New edition of "First Aid for Injured Westclox" published. |
| 1951 | 4,000 employees. |
| 1952 | Westclox awards first engineering scholarship. |
| 1953 | Plant in Athens, GA to be built for production of synchronous clocks (plant completed 1954). Australian plant discontinued. |
| 1955 | Clock of tomorrow introduced - used a new single key wind chime alarm movement. |
| 1956 | More than 4,000 employees produced 40,000 timepieces/day. More than 40 million Big Bens and 28 million Baby Bens had been produced to date. Style 7 Big Ben and Baby Ben introduced. New Big Ben single key wind movement. |
| 1958 | "Baby Ben Sequin" introduced to honor the 69 million Big and Baby Bens of the last 50 years. |
| 1959 | 53 millionth Big Ben produced - Westclox commended by House of Representatives. |
| 1960 | Baby Ben single key wind movement introduced. |
| 1961 | First automated clock assembly line. New plant in Toluca, Mexico under construction. Stock numbers changed from old type (e.g. 790-LB) to IBM type (e.g. 35048). |
| 1964 | Style 8 Big Ben and Baby Ben introduced. Auto clock production transferred to Athens, GA. Est. 1.8 million/year. |
| 1966 | Auto clock manufacturing to be moved to new Davidson, NC plant. Athens plant to be consumer only. First mention of Gadsden, Alabama plant. |
| 1968 | General Time Corp. bought by Talley Industries. |
| 1974 | Big Ben Solid State introduced. |
| 1979 | General Time moved its headquarters to Norcross, GA. |
| 1980 | Style 9 Big Ben and Baby Ben introduced. LaSalle-Peru factory closed March 31. |
| 1986 | Fred Pistilli joins General Time |
| 1988 | Fred Pistilli and four colleagues implemented a management buyout from Talley Industries. This positioned Pistilli as president, CEO, and principal owner of General Time. |
| 1996 | General Time Corp. acquired Spartus. |
| 1997 | November - Banc One (formerly Bank of Chicago) became majority owner of General Time. |
| 2000 | President and CEO Fred Pistilli retired after 14 1/2 years at the helm. Plant owners decided to send manufacture of all keywound and analog electric clocks offshore. Production at Athens, GA plant (last remaining US plant) stopped in October. |
| 2001 | Style 10 Big Ben and Baby Ben introduced. Reproduction Moonbeam introduced. June: General Time Corporation announced it was closing its entire operation. Facilities in the United States were the headquarters in Norcross, Georgia and the factory in Athens, Georgia. The distribution centers in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Hong Kong were closed as well. August: Salton, Inc. announced the acquisition of the Westclox, Big Ben and Spartus brands from the bankrupt General Time Corporation,which had been the largest producer and marketer of alarm, wall and occasional clocks in North America. |
| 2002 | October: Westclox products are available online from Salton. |
| 2007 | On July 18, 2007 Salton, Inc. ("Seller") and NYL Holdings LLC ("Buyer") entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement as amended on August 23, 2007 ("Agreement"). The terms of the Agreement provided for Buyer to purchase Seller's clock inventory and certain time products related trademarks and tooling and molds. The closing occurred in October 2007, when all inventory was transferred to Buyer. |