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Watches are assembled at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois.

The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Workers work on machines. Parts of a pocket watch including its main plate. Main plate of a 'Bunn' special watch is drilled. Screw holes are threaded. The plate for barrel or the mainspring container is recessed.

Date: 1922
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050108
Women workers work in the Jewel Department of the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois.

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.

Date: 1922
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050109
Workers size and shape jewels in the Jewelling Department of the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois.

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.

Date: 1922
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050110
The process of 'Uprighting' to place jewels in watch plate, at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois.

The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. The process of 'Uprighting'. Holes cut in watch plate for the jewels to fit in. Jewels are placed in the drill holes. The center jewel is placed and screws fastened. Animation shows the process of placing jewels in a plate.

Date: 1922
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050111
Screw block is polished at the Steel Polishing Department at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois.

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.

Date: 1922
Duration: 2 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050112
Manufacture of winding mechanism for watch at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois.

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.

Date: 1922
Duration: 3 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050113