The Illinois Watch Company was founded on December 23, 1870, in Springfield, Illinois by J.C. Adams, John W. Bunn and various financiers. Twenty years later, Jacob Bunn, Jr. took over and ran the company until his death in 1926. The family name was used in their most famous railroad watch, the Illinois "Bunn Special".

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  • The Illinois Watch Company was founded on December 23, 1870, in Springfield, Illinois by J.C. Adams, John W. Bunn and various financiers. Twenty years later, Jacob Bunn, Jr. took over and ran the company until his death in 1926. The family name was used in their most famous railroad watch, the Illinois "Bunn Special". The passing of Bunn, Jr. threw Illinois Watch into disarray. In 1928, the company was purchased by the Hamilton Watch Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, which continued to operate the factory under the Illinois name and shifted the emphasis from pocket to wrist watch production. By 1932, the Great Depression forced Hamilton to close the Illinois factory, though they retained possession of the brand name. (en)
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  • The Illinois Watch Company was founded on December 23, 1870, in Springfield, Illinois by J.C. Adams, John W. Bunn and various financiers. Twenty years later, Jacob Bunn, Jr. took over and ran the company until his death in 1926. The family name was used in their most famous railroad watch, the Illinois "Bunn Special". (en)
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  • Illinois Watch Company (en)
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