Illinois Watch Company

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The Illinois Watch Company was founded on December 23, 1870, in Springfield, Illinois, by John C. Adams, John Whitfield Bunn (1831–1920), and various additional financiers. Twenty years later, Jacob Bunn Jr., (1864–1926) took over and ran the company until his death in 1926. The Bunn family surname was used in their most famous railroad watch, the Illinois "Bunn Special". The company was sold to Hamilton Watch Company. in 1927 and ceased to manufacture watches in the USA in the mid 1930s. rdf:langString
rdf:langString Illinois Watch Company
rdf:langString Illinois Watch Company
rdf:langString Illinois Watch Company
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rdf:langString The Illinois Watch Company was founded on December 23, 1870, in Springfield, Illinois, by John C. Adams, John Whitfield Bunn (1831–1920), and various additional financiers. Twenty years later, Jacob Bunn Jr., (1864–1926) took over and ran the company until his death in 1926. The Bunn family surname was used in their most famous railroad watch, the Illinois "Bunn Special". The company was sold to Hamilton Watch Company. in 1927 and ceased to manufacture watches in the USA in the mid 1930s.
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