Air-activated Gear Cutter, Used by the Waltham Watch Company, circa 1895
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The Waltham Watch Company was a world-famous example of a highly mechanized manufacturer of quality consumer goods. Specialized labor, new machines, and interchangeable parts combined to create the company's low-cost, high-grade watches. Duane Church, Waltham's superintendent of toolmakers, developed precision watchmaking machinery that produced interchangeable parts without the aid of gauges and templates. Church invented this gear cutter in the early 1890s.
The Waltham Watch Company was a world-famous example of a highly mechanized manufacturer of quality consumer goods. Specialized labor, new machines, and interchangeable parts combined to create the company's low-cost, high-grade watches. Duane Church, Waltham's superintendent of toolmakers, developed precision watchmaking machinery that produced interchangeable parts without the aid of gauges and templates. Church invented this gear cutter in the early 1890s.
Artifact
Gear-cutting machine
Date Made
circa 1895
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Made in America
Object ID
91.102.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Dimensions
Height: 17 in
Width: 14.625 in
Length: 14.625 in
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