1927 Advertising Friedman Shelby & Red Goose Shoes TRENCH WATCH by Ingersoll U.S.A.

NEW HAVEN WATCH Co. With a capital of $100,000 by W. E. Doolittle, the New Haven Watch Co. is incorporated in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1884, a building is rented and the manufacturing operations began. By 1885-86, the company moved to Chambersburg and the capital increased to $250,000.In 1887, the firm changed its name to Trenton Watch Co., with around 200 employees, the company manufactured roughly 18 movements per day. Finally, in 1908, the company was sold by Robert H. Ingersoll & Bros.INGERSOLL Ingersoll Watch Company, one of the oldest American watchmakers, founded in 1882 by the two brothers Robert H. and Charles Ingersoll. Pioneers of industry and invention in the field of watchmaking, they devised and followed an ambitious plan: "to offer Ingersoll watches to the general public at an affordable price, whilst maintaining real quality and credibility."Initially, each Ingersoll watch was handcrafted until 1892 with the intervention of Henry Ford, Ingersoll succeeded in fabri