South Bend and Studebaker watches : another Studebaker family legacy / by Ernest M. Loga.

Includes bibliographical references.

The beginning -- The transition to South Bend -- Watch grades and models -- South Bend railroad watches -- South Bend watch sizes -- Watch jewels -- Watch damaskeening -- Watch adjustments -- History of watch cases -- Types of watch cases -- Engraved watch cases -- Rare South Bend watches -- How South Bend watches are made accurate -- South Bend watch production by year -- -- South Bend watch production by grade -- Dials -- Seconds chapter -- Marketing South Bend and Studebaker watches -- The Chesterfield watch -- The Purple Ribbon watch -- The Purple Ribbon watch campaign -- The Studebaker mail-order watch -- The South Bend Polaris watch -- The South Bend frozen watch -- The Studebaker insured watch -- Strap watches -- Mail order strap and bracelet watches -- South Bend and Studebaker watch memorabilia -- South Bend private label watches -- Watch fobs and chains -- Watch chain terminology -- Watch-maker and watch repairman -- Switching dials -- Watch modifications -- The end of an era -- The South Bend digital watch -- Watch repair service marks -- Key wind transitional watches -- History of stem-wind/stem-set movements -- Collecting pocket watches -- Dating your South Bend watch.

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A self-published, small print run monograph on the history of "Studebaker" brand pocketwatches, made by the South Bend Watch factory in South Bend Indiana, as a seperate brand identy from 1923 to ??. Studebaker was sold primarily directly to the consumer through mail order, often on an installment plan. They also used the Studebaker brand to sell imported (Swiss) strap watches (wristwatches) in 1929. Many black and white illustrations of watches, movements , ephemera et cetera.