Christopher and the Clockmakers (1925)

Sara Ware Bassett's educational story teaches watchmaking history through Christopher Burton's conversations with clockmaker McPhearson. (Project Gutenberg)

Watches

Ingersoll watch: McPhearson explains the rise of the dollar watch, Ingersoll's Waterbury-backed production, and the later Radiolite watch made for wartime legibility.

Source text: "It was to answer this emergency that the Ingersoll Company turned out their Radiolite Watch." (Project Gutenberg ebook 26857)