Word: westclox
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Alarm Wristwatch. The only U.S.-made alarm wristwatch was put on sale by General Time Corp.'s Westclox. Shock resistant, with luminous dial and hands, it is considerably cheaper than foreign-made models. Price...
...that he had sneaked his surprise Christmas present into his mother's suitcase. It was no drill for shell jewelry. According to the investigators, Jack's Christmas present was a 14-lb. bundle of dynamite sticks, wired to two blasting caps and a timing device (probably a Westclox traveler's alarm clock) set for explosion in 90 minutes. This week there was speculation in Denver that if one passenger had not been late to his appointment with death, and Flight 629 had departed on schedule, the explosion might easily have occurred over the Wyoming Rockies...
...markets, puts out a monthly magazine listing export opportunities, and peppers Scottish exporters with useful tips, such as: "The president of the Canadian Association of Purchasing Agents is a Scot!" The council has lured 22 U.S. and two Canadian firms to Scotland, ranging from watchmakers (U.S. Time Corp. and Westclox) through electric razors (Sunbeam) and business machines (I.B.M., National Cash Register), with such success that $3 out of every $4 invested in industry in the British Isles since the war has been invested in Scotland...
...General Time Corp. picked Executive Vice President (since 1948) Donald J. Hawthorne, 52, to succeed retiring President Arnold J. Wilson, 66, who will remain a director. A 1923 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Hawthorne joined General Time in 1925, became general manager of the Westclox Division and a vice president...