c.1900 VINTAGE DUEBER HAMPDEN WATCHES, CANTON OHIO GOLD ADVERTISING STICKPIN

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c.1900 VINTAGE DUEBER HAMPDEN WATCHES, CANTON OHIO GOLD ADVERTISING STICKPIN
The Hampden Watch Company was an important employer in Canton, Ohio during the late 1800s and the early 1900s.
The Hampden Watch Company was originally known as the Mozart Watch Company. In 1866, Donald J. Mozart founded the company in Providence, Rhode Island. The firm manufactured time pieces. Unfortunately for Mozart, this company soon failed, but in 1867, he reorganized the firm as the New York Watch Company, with production facilities in Springfield, Massachusetts. Three years later, the company's factory burnt to the ground. Finally, in 1877, the company reopened, now doing business as the Hampden Watch Company.
In 1886, John Dueber purchased a controlling interest in the Hampden Watch Company. Dueber owned the Dueber Watch Case Company in Newport, Kentucky. This firm manufactured cases that held the internal workings of watches. In 1888, Dueber relocated the Dueber Watch Case Company from Newport and the Hampden Watch Company from Springfield to Canton, Ohio. In this new location, the two companies shared manufacturing facilities. The Dueber Watch Case Company produced the cases for the watches that the Hampden Watch Company manufactured.
June 21, 1889, was a noteworthy day in the city of Canton, Ohio. 126 years ago this Sunday, the first watch case was made at the Dueber Hampden watch works in Canton, which would go on to become one of the city’s largest employers over the coming decades.
In 1886, businessman John Dueber purchased a controlling interest in the Hampden Watch Company of Springfield, Massachusetts. Two years later, he relocated that company as well as his own, the Dueber Watch Case Co. (from Newport, Kentucky), to Canton after the city and its officials were successfully able to raise 0,000 to attract the new business. Located in two adjacent factories, these two companies shared manufacturing facilities but initially remained separate. The Dueber Watch Case Company provided casings to the Hampden Watch Company, which manufactured the internal workings of the watches.
Dueber and Hampden quickly became two of the area’s largest employers. In 1888, the companies’ first year in Canton, the firms employed 2,300 local residents–nearly 10% of the city’s population as reported in the 1890 census! Thanks to these two companies, Canton became an important center for watch manufacturing in the United States.
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Rare circa 1900 gold plated advertising stickpin for Dueber Hampden Watches of Canton, Ohio. Nice 3-D depth & textured details to the pocket watch design! The stickpin is in the form of a Dueber Hampden pocket watch and is in Minty, original condition.
The stickpin measure 2 1/2" inches long.  NO damage, almost no wear, or flaws - just unpolished.  About as nearly minty as you can get for the age!
Excellent Nearly Minty vintage condition with all original surfaces. Leaving unpolished as-found with original patina.
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