Documentary titled 'The Story of a Watch'. A train arrives at a railway station. Large crowd on the station. Engine driver of the train smokes a pipe. Pocket watch in his hand showing 4 O' Clock. Exteriors of the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Exteriors of the company's Astronomical Observatory and Wireless Station.
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Picture shows several jewels used inside the plate of watch. Women workers work in the Jewelling Department. A teaspoon contains approximately 36,500 jewels. Woman worker measures holes in ruby and sapphire jewels.
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Women workers work in the Jewelling Department. The jewels are mounted in gold settings. A machine determines size of recess for each individual jewel. Ring jewel is hand picked by the worker and fitted to the pivot for which it acts as a bearing.
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. View of section of automatic screw department. Men and women workers work on machines. View of a screw manufacturing machine. Workers work in the Steel Polishing Department. A vacuum draws screws into a polishing block. Screws in the block are cemented and polished. Hand shows a block of screws, before and after polishing. Jewels are poured for a bottle on a table.
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Animation shows setting mechanism for the watch. Minute wheel and cap is fitted on the watch plate. Winding mechanism is fitted. Workers work in the Train Department's section where wheels and pinions for the watch are made. Automatic machine makes winding wheels. Crown teeth in winding wheel cut. The main spring is compressed and placed in the barrel. Pictorial view of barrel bridge and winding wheel. Polishing Racket in operation.
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Ornamental decoration of watch plates is done on at Damas Keening machine. Train bridge is placed on the watch plate.
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