![]() In July 1877 the corporation was reorganized and changed its name to the Illinois Springfield Watch Company, Erastus Newton Bates served as President of the corporation. By the end of 1872, the corporation had sold approximately 10,000 watch movements. They were called the Stuart, Bunn, Miller,Currier, Hoyt and Mason. ![]() Bigalow, and were 18 size, full plate, key wind. The first watches were completed in January 1872. Construction of a factory just outside Springfield began in December 1869. John Todd Stuart, former Congressman and early law partner of Abraham Lincoln, served as the first President of the new corporation. George Pasfield, John Whitfield Bunn, John Williams, and George N. ![]() Adams of Massachusetts, and John Todd Stuart, William B. The Illinois Watch Company was first established in December 1869 as the Springfield Watch Company by John C.
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