January Advertising at the Request of the U

• february 1957 TIMELY

Published for the Employees of the Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, Pa.

Editor Paul D. ewland* Assistant Editor In This Issue Jeanne Thompson Associate Editors Eugene P. Barber 111 anujacturing Division T HE E LEe T RIC W AT C H - From sundial to electric watch .. . Blake V. Dulaney What is this self-powered watch? .. . Administration Sales How does it work? ... Special ma Robert C. Frey terials used ... Some of the people Manufacturing Division re ponsible for its creation. Vic Fridinger Allied Products PAGE 4 -17 Arthur Hammel Research Division Robert V. Hartman Engineering Division Arlene Hershey Public Relations Edward 1. Jones DATELINE: WASHINGTON - ODM hearings were held in January Advertising at the request of the U. S. Watch Albert J. Kleiner Manufacturing Division Industry. Arthur B. Sinkler and John Reber of Hamilton testified on the Bettye Miller Merchandising essentiality of the industry to na Harold H. Quickel tional defense. Engineering Division Chris Steckervetz PAGE 18 East Petersburg Joe Marianowits Hathaway

Reporters Donald Bly Charles McCarne} Wally Bork Ray Musser W E ASK E FOR I Sally Bushong John Nies D T - Read the answers to the nine-question Max Caldwell Richard Parke survey conducted on "Special" edi Ray Ellis Anna Parks Ed Fechter Mary Lou Reitzel tions of TIMELY TOPICS. Ira Fickes Frank Remley Frank Fisher Art Schneider John Fry John Scott PAGE 19 Dolly Getcy Erla Shaffer Joe Grubb Laura Snavely Geraldine Johns Doris Souser Marilyn Kuntz Mike Troop Ira Mann Betty Watson Loretta Martin Helen Witmer Rose Martin

• Member American Association Industrial Editors 1957 is a year in history which is surely destined to produce undreamed of scientific discoveries. We can be proud that our Company was one of the first to announce a major scientific development in the new year. The world's first Electric Watch is now a reality.

The increasing demand in indu try for greater miniaturization makes H:uuilton more and more important in our country's technical advancement. A new technical revolution is in progress and Hamilton's Electric Watch is a major step in further opening the frontiers of a new era.

1957 marks Hamilton's 65th year of service as part of the American Watch

Industry. 1957 is also a year when a whole new world of ideas await fulfill· ment~and your Company, along with other progressive American industries, is m~king these dreams come true.

From Sundial to Electric Watch

The measurement of metering system were in time, one of man's most vented, many of them con In January, 1957, ten years of research and de- precious intangible com verting the flow of water modities, reached a new velo pment by Hamilton were culminated in a new into mechanical energy to high in accuracy and de "concept in timekeeping"-the first major change in operate simple machinery. pendability last month Some were small water man's portable time-telling mechanisms since 1480. when our company an wheels, run by escaping nounced the completion of water that turned axles "Project X" .. . and put winding and unwinding on the market the world's first wrist watch self-powered cord at a more or less even rate. In others, a float by electrical energy. was attached to a pulley which turned a hand on a dial Timekeeping has come a long way since man kept as the water level lowered. However, all such devices track of the passing hours by nature's devices alone: were, by the nature of their motive power, self-limiting, the movement of the sun, moon and stars in their orbits; since water is an unstable medium. While they might the consumption of substances by fire; the measured be refined, they could not be basically improved. During flow of water and sand. Undoubtedly the first, and the Crusades clumsy mechanical timepieces, operated by basic, device for telling time was a primitive form of weights, were brought to Europe from the East. These, sundial utilizing the movement of shadows caused by however, were unreliable and served merely as curiosities the sun. Refinements of this device were used for cen and playthings for the nobility. turies and even today can still be found in limited use. But the sundial depended on clear, sunny weather. THE INVENTION OF 1480 At night and on cloudy days it didn't tell the time. Then, starting in 1480, all previous timekeeping So early man, using the sundial as a measure, estab methods were made old-fashioned by the invention of lished the burning rate of rope and crude candles and a Nuremberg, Germany, locksmith, Peter Henlein, who then knotted or marked them; as they burned, the pass constructed a portable, mechanical, spring-driven time age of hours through the night could be determined_ piece. This mechanism, and its later counterparts, were As civilization advanced, so did man's method of known (because of their shape) as "Nuremberg Eggs." telling time. The Yellow Emperor of China, Hwangti, They were made of iron, enormously heavy, with a single over 4000 years ago invented a water clock that was a hand to tell the hours . . . and they were not very ac rare combination of ingenuity, simplicity and efficiency curate. Nevertheless, they were the first all-weather, - a pierced brass bowl floating in a basin of water. independent, portable time-measuring instruments to Hours were determined by the length of time taken for appear. They were the ancestors of all horological the bowl to submerge. Later, the Greeks developed and devices developed from the 15th Century to the present refined the water clock, or Clepsydra. In other parts one. The "Nuremberg Eggs," because of their great of the world forerunners of the hourglass were being weight, were carried for the wealthy by "bearers" who developed using sand instead of water. consulted the dial and spoke the time when asked. Numerous ingenious modifications of the basic water- Although these "Eggs" paved the way for vast improve-

New faces of 1957- in timekeeping. Four daring concepts in ~ watch styling by Hamilton are (left to right) the Diabolique, Ventura, Scimitar and Verso, electric watch styles which are now in design stage.

5 WATCHMAKING BEGINS IN AMERICA

The watchmaking industry began in this country In 1809, when Luther Goddard opened a factory in Shrewsbury, Mass. Three years later James and Harry Pitkin set up a small plant in Hartford, Conn., where they made the "Pitkin Watch"- the first machine-made timepiece in America. During the next century and a half, the best scien Five centuries of portable timekeeping are spanned by tific and artistic brains in the country contributed to this uremberg Egg (left ) and Hamilton's electric wrist the development of the industry. Progress was meas watch- the world's fir st. ured by the fact that watches became smaller in size and greater in accuracy. At the same time they were ments in clocks, they were really the first watches. The more efficiently produced. In fact, American·made first important change in these primitive watches came watches are conceded to be the finest in the world. in 1530, when brass was substituted for iron in their The perfection of precision mass-production tech construction. This alloy proved both lighter and more niques was demonstrated during World War II, when efficient. sources of imported marine chronometers (they were The first wrist watch appeared in 1571. "A wristlet not made in this country at all) were cut off. In an in which was a cloche" (Elizabethan spelling of clock) extremely brief time the Hamilton Watch Company was made by Bartholomew ewsam, official clockmaker began to mass-produce superior chronometers. Output to the English court, and presented to Queen Elizabeth. reached an outstanding total with our company pro The relatively rare watches of this period were not ducing more units a month than the entire world pre distinguished by great accuracy. They varied as much viously turned out in a year. as one hour in twenty.four. What they lacked mechan NEW CURRENT IN TIMEKEEPING ARRIVES ically, however, was offset by their elaborate cases made by the foremost jewelers and metalsmiths of the time. Finally, on January 3rd, 1957, a ten-year dream of Mechanical improvements continued to be made and Hamilton's engineers and scientists became a reality . . . pocket-sized watches, in oval shapes, were regularly the self-powered electric wrist watch was here and the produced, although in small numbers and only for the world's first electric watch was announced to the public. wealthy. In 1635, Paul Veit, a young French watch The electric watch is a revolutionary watchmaking maker, made the first watch with an ,enamelled dial, and concept which completely eliminates Peter Henlein's in 1670 two of London's leading watchmakers, Knibb all-important mainspring. It substitutes, instead, elec and Quare, added the first minute hands to watches. trical power supplied by a tiny Energizer. With this Up until this time, the most important thing wrong development not only is winding a thing of the past, with both watches and clocks was that the power in but even the occasional agitation necessary with an the coiled mainsprings became less as the springs ran automatic watch is no longer required. And, at the down. But in 1675, Dr. Robert Hooke o·f England in same time, the use of electricity has made possible vented the balance spring which remedied this and greater watch accuracy and dependability. represented a gigantic stride forward in making watches more dependable and accurate. Early in the 18th Cen tury repeating watches- now circular in shape instead of oval- were developed. These struck the hours and were therefore known as "blind man's watches." The combined impact of the minute hand and the increased accuracy supplied by the balance spring gave watches a new and practical importance. Doctors were among the first to see their value, and in a compara tively short time watches were in widespread demand.

More than 400 years of electric watcl1 power- in the form of 384 tiny Energizers-are held by Dr. John A. Van Horn, direc tor of research and development.

6 What Is the Electric Watch?

The radically structured electric watch, which com pletely eliminates the mainspring, operates on chem ical energy stored in a tiny Energy Cell no larger than a man's small shirt button. This energy is converted into electrical power as it releases a stream of electrons through a coil of fine wire fixed on a balance wheel. The electrical energy, through inter action with permanent magnetic fields, causes the balance wheel to oscillate. This oscillation is the mechanical energy which runs the watch. The result of this unique construction is a precise miniature power plant built into the balance wheel, which in turn powers the gears and turns the hands of the watch. The wire coiled and fixed to the balance wheel is five times finer than a human hair; in fact, as proof of this, Hamilton's Research Department has actually drilled a hole in a human hair and threaded it with strands of the small wire.

POWERFUL MAGNETS NECESSARY

The tiny magnets used in the electrical system of the watch are of platinum alloy and have the highest energy content of any magnet in the world today. They were processed by Hamilton expressly for use in the electric watch and, as a result, this timepiece is more nearly free from disturbance by stray mag The world's first electric wrist watch netic fields than any other watch. Since only a frac tion of "flea-power" is needed to operate the delicate mechanism of the watch, a power unit had to be developed which would release its energy in the most frugal fashion possible. Hamilton researchers and engineers worked closely with the ational Carbon Company and came up with just what was needed .. . a gold-plated Energy Cell designed for long life and minimal power. It is 400 times more efficient, in terms of space, than the mechanical energy stored in a mainspring. In the course of one year it opens and closes the circuit 75 million times, thus pushing forward the second hand 75 million times and causing the balance wheel to oscillate 150 million times. Because of the combining of a balance wheel with the watch's tiny power plant, the flow of energy can be strictly controlled and the speed of the hands can be held to an accuracy of more than 99.995 per cent. Because no agitation of any kind is needed to wind the watch, it will run whether on or off the arm. It is a simpler and more efficient mechanism than the manually-wound or automatic watch, and will operate accurately on a single cell for more than twelve months.

7 Robert Wenzel and David Weller, foreman and assistant foreman on the electric watch assembly line, took charge of the produc tion of the initial pilot lot and are now supervising the assembly .. of the full production. They check the electric contact behavior of the watch in an oscilloscope over the shoulder of Joe Sabinash, assembly line employee.

A Glance at the Inside

Hamilton's newest assembly line on the 5th floor of After the alloy is heat treated and magnetized by Building #9 is busily producing a new and revolu being placed in a strong magnetic field , the magnets tionary fully automatic timepiece, the electric watch_ are sample inspected for magnetic properties in the Some of the components used in the assembly of this Physics Laboratory before being pre sed into place in watch were developed at Hamilton and are interesting the pillar plate. Three such magnets in all are used, in their own right. one of which is the smallest known permanent magnet For example, the tiny platinum-cobalt magnets used for instrument usage in the world. in the electric watch had to be tailor-made for our pur Even the ource of energy which supplies electricity pose and special heat treating procedures developed by to the miniature watch motor which powers Hamilton's the Metallurgical Laboratory in order to obtain the unusual timepiece had to be carefully adapted to meet maximum magnetic properties necessary for this appli definite specifications. At the same time the electric cation. Other magnetic materials, although less ex movement was being perfected, a search was conducted pensive, were found unsuitable for use in the electric for a uitable energy cell to drive this new mechanism. watch in many respects, including ductility. The o commercial cell was then available, however, three platinum-cobalt wire for the smallest magnet can be companies showed interest in the development of such drawn to .016" with a maximum tolerance of _0003". a cell for watch u e. Out of these three large battery companies, the Jational Carbon Company, cooperating fully with our own research team, produced an energy This tiny permanent magnet (see cell which excelled all others and filled our require arrows) weighs only fifty-six ten-thou ments in regard to capacity, voltage requirements, shelf ~ sandths (.0056) of an ounce but is so life and leakproof characteristics. This tiny cell, about powerful that it is shown supporting a chain 215 times its own weight. the size of a man's shirt button, had a capacity four times as great as the original cell submitted by the ational Carbon Company and, in addition, possessed other worthwhile improvements. Paralleling the work done by the National Carbon Company wa the earch in our own Chemical Labora tory for a suitable cell to power the electric watch.

Roland Raver, vice-president- manu{ac turing, presented fir st production models of the electric watch to executives of Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. and Na tional Carbon Co. Receiving his "Van .. Horn" model is H. S. Bunn, an exec. vice-president, U. C. & C. Looking on are K. H. Hannan, U. C. & C. vice president, and A. S. Johnson, president, National Carbon.

8 Further development and testing is still being done here tick amplifier. The pattern on the oscilloscope screen in an effort to produce a cell with an even longer life. is made by the pulsating electric current and is used to A look at the electric watch assembly line will further check contact continuity. This instrument can also be serve to point out the difference between this watch and used to measure the duration of contact and to check a conventional watch. On the sub-a embly line the for any spurious contacts. The tick amplifier picks up contact bridge is assembled and adjusted_ This part is the minute voltage changes in the watch circuit, ampli made by inserting two posts, each containing a long fi es them and reproduces these variations in the form flat spring, into insulated bushing in the bridge. The of sound from a loud speaker. bridge is next placed on a template where the two The assembly line is, in reality, three departments springs are adjusted for length and for position by rolled into one. ot on ly is the movement assembled bending the springs and by a slight turning of the posts. here, but it is also po ition timed, dialed, cased and Another contact adjustment is made on the main packaged for shipment to the jeweler and, ultimately, assembly line with the aid of an oscilloscope and a the consumer. Men, Minds and Materials Produced This Success Story

The world's fir t electric watch receives close inspection from its originators at Hamilton. Dr. John Van Horn, Direc· tor, James Reese, Master Technician, and Philip Biemiller, Chief Physicist of th e Research and Developm ent Center, are responsible for th e concept and evolution of this great advance in timekeeping. James LeVan, Machine Experimental Section, was responsible for mu ch of the development of the ~ welding experimentation necessary in producing the electric watch. He uses a mi croscope to fa cilitate the miniature welding operations essen· tial to the watch's production.

One of Hamilton's experts on the subject of ad· hesives, Wilmer Gingrich, prepared an adhesive mixture to be submitted later to rigid test for ~ withstanding varying temperatures, conditions and uses before being utilized in the electric watch.

Marlin Walmer and Leon Hurwitz, metallurgists, developed an entirely new alloy of remarkable ~ properties and tensile strength for the electric watch hairspring. Here they test a sample of metal on the tensiometer in th e Research and Development Center.

11 The problem of supplying the power to run the world's most unusual power plant ... was worked on by Harold Morgan, Edgar Long, Walter Kempf, Philip Lichty and John Rhyne, chemists and scientists.

Kenneth Schoenrock and Daniel Fritsch are master watchmakers in the Re earch Department who over t cam e many mec hanical snags enco untered in the developm ent of th e new idea and design which re sulted in the world's fi rst elec tric watch .

... Hamilton's first electric· powered clock was made entirely by hand by Fred Koehler.

12 Harwell Thompson, Harry Detwiler and Martin Christensen dis cuss som e of the problems occurring when an entirely new idea reaches the next step, its design at the drawing board .

.+. An expert on heat-testing in Hamilton's Metallurgical Lab, Howard warr, is seen working at one of the hardening furnaces_ Parts made from metals used in the electric watch must withstand rugged and unusual tests before approval for use is given_

Edward Myers, an engineer in the Production Processing Depart ment, was responsible for the production follow-up in the manu fa cture of the electric watch_ Using a Dial Gage and slide rule ~ he measures thickness of various part to check the tolerance of electric watch parts_

13 ~ Anhur B. inkIer holds the world's first electric wrist watch. The chart illustrates th e rad ical principle on which the electric watch operates. An armature built into the balance wh eel interacts with permanent mag netic fi eld s, usin g energy supplied by an +O+@ Energizer th e ize of a small shirt button. I ARMATURE + MAGNET + ENERGY ELECTRIC CELL WRIST WATCH

John Wise, one of the members of Hamilton's Physics Lab, is an expert on balance wheel assem- ~ bly_ He is pictured at his bench inspecting an electric watch_

John Snader and John Reber conduct tests for specific performance on the electric watch_ Here they employ a time-saving idea in testing the time keeping abilities by photographing a group of the Paul Lenox, the Foreman of the Model hop, super watches at designated intervals with a fa st polar vised the production of th e components parts of oid camera. t the electric watch_ t Illuminated panels and colored slides helped tell the press the story of Hamilton's new concept in timekeeping.

• • • Press Conference

The day chosen to tell the ation about the world's on which the sun casts a shadow which moves as the first electric watch was January 3rd. About an hour earth turns. This latter method is still in use, and still after Henry Tholen made the announcement over the leaves much to be desired on cloudy days. loudspeaker to everyone at Hamilton, Mr. Sinkler and "With increasing knowledge on how to harness nature, Dr. Van Horn at a press conference in ew York City a great variety of such devices were developed. How were telling a select group of magazine, newspaper, ever, in 1480 a truly tremendous stride was taken to radio and television editors about our new product. usher in a mechanical era in which it was no longer The purpose of a press conference is to give informa necessary to rely directly upon the forces of nature tion on a legitimate news item to interested people so for power. This amazing and fruitful concept was that they can write an accurate story. About 120 of these of using a mechanical source of power, the mainspring, people gathered to hear Hamilton's story on the electric which made possible a portable instrument capable of watch. measuring long time intervals. From 1480 until Jan It's diffi cult to know accurately the exact results of uary 3, 1957, this method of telling time by a portable a publicity program, but from the news stories, radio timepiece has remained unaltered. It has been refined, broadca ts and telecasts we know of, many millions of but there has been no change in concept from that of people all over the world have read or heard about Peter Henlein's 'Nuremberg Egg'-whether key wound, our new watch even before the national advertising stem wound, or a so-called automatic. Watches still begins on March 1st. have depended upon a mainspring to supply the power Dr. Van Horn explained to the press why the electric to move the hands to tell the time." watch is so unusual and the advantages it has over other In outlining the disadvantages o·f other watches as watches. "The measure of time has always been of compared to Hamilton's electric, Dr. Van Horn pointed the utmost importance to man," he said, "even before out that "the amount of power which the ma~spring accurate methods for that mea urement were available. can store is not very great. It is, therefore, necessary Even the earliest man needed warning of the approach to wind a watch at frequent intervals to replenish this of night, a knowledge of when he should seek the sanc power. This can be done by turning a stem or by tuary of his cave with its warmth, food and shelter. att,aching to the watch an ingenious, though complicated, His only tools for such a measure were those available gadget which can perform the same function for the directly from nature-the sun, the stars, the sea. same old mechanism. Along with this disadvantage, "Although nature is a reliable timekeeper its accuracy there is another disadvantage inherent in the mainspring. of direct measurement is limited, particularly over short The available power depends upon the state of wind of intervals of time. As civilization progressed, as early the mainspring, so that your watch may keep a little man displayed a greater ingenuity, the measurement of different kind of time at the one end of the day than time was made with tools of man's own devising, and at the other." which in most cases were some mechanical contrivance These disadvantages, of course, do not exist with the Lo harne the forces of nature. There were many of electric watch. these tools. In order to show that Hamilton is not only a leader "One is an hourglass in which sand falls from one in the technology of timekeeping, but also in styling, section to another, utiiizing the natural force of gravity the press was also shown the futuristic styles now in to measure a segment of time. Another is the sundial, design stage for our electric watch.

Dr. J. A. Van Horn- " ... in short, we have developed a motor which Hamilton representatives meet the A. B. inkler- " ... a revolutionary keeps time." press at luncheon. idea evolves into a practical reality." //A/L4/LTO/v's is hailed by the nation' editors and radio and il

Here is the tabulation to date of media that headlined Electric Watch News from coast to coast!

NEWSPAPERS ALABAMA Birmingham Post Herald ARIZONA Phoenix Gazette Tucson Star ARKANSAS Arkadelphia Southern Standard Little Rock Arkansas Democrat INDIANA Gazette Evansville Indiana Courier Mena Star Press Paragould Press Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette & Press Frankfort Times CALIFORNIA Hammond Times Concord Transcript Indianapolis Star Corning Daily Observer Times lancaster ledger-Gazette Mount Vernon Democrat long Beach Press-Telegram Muncie Star Independent los Angeles Times IOWA Modesto Bee Cedar Falls Iowa Record No. Hollywood Valley Times Cedar Rapids Gazette Oakland Tribune Clinton Herald Oxnard Press-Courier Des Moines Tribune Palo Alto Times Marshalltown Times-Republican Pasadena Star News Ottumwa . Courier Independent Sioux City Journal Riverside Press Enterprise KANSAS Sacramento 'Bee Arkansas City Kansas Traveler Union Dodge City Globe San Bernadino Sun-Telegram San Diego Tribune I KENTUCKY San Francisco Chronicle lexington leader San Gabriel Tribune louisville Courier-Journal Santa Rosa Press-Democrat Paris Dally Enterprise Sonoma Index-Tribune LOUISIANA VallejO News-Chronicle Bastrop Enterprise COLORADO Baton Rouge Advocate MINNESOTA Denver Post State Times Bemidji Pioneer Rocky Mountain News Monroe News Star Fairbault Daily News Montrose Press New Orleans Item Mankato Free Press States Minneapolis Tribune CONNECTICUT Star Bridgeport Sunday Herald MAINE Red Wing Republican-Eagle Bristol Press Portland Express St. Paul Dispatch Hartford Times Telegram MISSISSIPPI Courant MARYLAND New Britain Herald Baltimore News-Post Jackson Clarion ledger-Daily News NEW YORK NORTH CAR Torrington Register Natchez Democrat Albany Times Union Ashville Waterbury American MASSACHUSETTS Vicksburg Herald Binghamton Sun Durham Boston Daily Globe Press FLORIDA MISSOURI Fayette Traveler St. Joseph News Press Buffalo Courier Express Hickory Daytona Beach Evening News Christian Science Monitor Evening News Kannapi lake Wales Highlander St. louis Post-Dispatch New Bedford Standard-Times Glens Falls Times Rocky ~ Miami Herald Pittsfield Eagle Globe Democrat Kansas City Star Gloversville leader-Herald Washinj st. Petersburg Times Springfield Union le Roy Gazette News Winstor Sarasota Herald-Tribune Evening News MONTANA long Island Press NORTH DAM GEORGIA Wakefield Daily Item Butte Standard Middletown Record Waltham News-Tribune New York City Age Defender Dickins Atlanta Constitution NEBRASKA Fargo F Augusta Chronicle Worcester Telegram Omaha World Herald Christian Science Monitor Evening Gazette OHIO Columbus ledger-Enquirer NEVADA Daily Mirror Macon News .Telegraph MICHIGAN Herald Tribune Akron E Elko Free Press IDAHO Ann Arbor Michigan News Journal American Aliianci NEW HAMPSHIRE Ashtabl Nampa Free Press Bay City Times Journal of Commerce Detroit Free Press Dover Foster,'s Democrat Sunday News Bellevu ILLINOIS Times NEW JERSEY Times Bucyru ' Cincinr Benton News Flint Journal lakewood Citizen Wall Street Journal Chicago Daily Tribune Grand Rapids Herald Women's Wear Daily Wall Street Journal Montclair Times Grosse Pointe News Newark Herald News World Telegram & Sun Sun-Times Houghton Mining Gazette Niagara Falls Gazette Clevela Clinton Journal-Herald Star ledger Kalamazoo Gazette Evening News Port Chester Item Elgin Courier-News Niles Star Paterson News Poughkeepsie New Yorker Galesburg Register-Mail Oxford leader Rome Sentinel Corum~ Paris Beacon News' Royal Oak Tribune NEW MEXICO Schenectady Gazette Conne Peoria Journal-Star St. Joseph Herald-Press Albuquerque Journal Syracuse Herald American Cosho/ ELECTRIC WATCH-the world's first- leading newspaper and magazine levision commentators.

VIRGINIA Danville Bee Lynchburg Advance Newport News Hampton Warwick Press Norfolk Ledger-Star Virginian Pilot Portsmouth Star Richmond News Leader Times-Dispatch PENNSYLVANIA Roanoke Times Milton Evening Standard World News Monessen Independent WASHINGTON New Castle News Aberdeen World Morristown Times- Herald Bellingham Herald Oil City Derrick Dayton Chronicle-Dispatch News Herald Ellensburg Record Philadelphia Bulletin Longview Daily News Castor Times Olympia Olympian Frankfort Times Port Angeles News Inquirer Spokane Chronicle Mayfair Times Tacoma News-Tribune News Vancouver Columbian Rising Sun Times Yakima Republic Pittsburgh Press Herald Sun Telegraph Courier WEST VIRGINIA Post Gazette Charleston Mail Quakertown Free Press Clarksburg Telegram Reading Times Grafton Sentinel Renov~ Record Hinton News Sayre' 'rimes Huntington Herald-Dispatch Scranton Scrantonion Martinsburg Journal Shamokin News-Dispatch Welch Daily News Somerset American Wheeling Intelligencer Titusville Herald News Register Towanda Review WISCONSIN Uniontown Herald Beloit News Vandergrift News Madison Capital Times Washington Reporter State Journal Observer Manitowoc Herald Times West Chester Local News Milwaukee Journal Wilkes Barre Times & Leader-News Two Rivers Repo~ter RHODE ISLAND WASHINGTON-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Providence Journal Air Force Times SOUTH CAROLINA Da ily News Anderson Independent Post Times Herald Columbia Record Star State CANADA Columbia Record Fort Williams Daily Times Journal Greeneville News Sumter Item HAWAII PENNSYLVANIA TENNESSEE Honolulu Star Bulletin OHIO Allentown Call Chattanooga Times Associated Press Dayton Journal-Herald Chronicle Knoxville Journal News Altoona Mirror United Press News Sentinel International News Service Delaware Gaz~tte Beaver Times Memphis Commercial Appeal Elyria Chronicle-Telegram Berwick Enterprise Fayette Review Press Scimitar TELEVISION Bethlehem Globe Times Nashville Banner CBS- TV Network Findlay Republican-Courier Bloomingburg Press Galion Inquirer Bradford Era TEXAS RADIO Gall ipo lis Tribune Gazette Abilene Reporter News CBS Network Greenville Advocate Carlisle Sentinel Austin American itizen-TimeS ABC Network Geneva Free Press Charleroi Mail Beaumont Enterprise Mutual Network orning Herald Hamilton Journal-News Columbia News Corpus Christi Texas Times mille Observer Kenton Time s Coatesville Record Dallas Times-Herald NATIONAL MAGAZINES Record Lan caste r Eagle Gazette Connellsville Courier Morning News Time " lis Independent Lima News Donora Herald-American Wall Street Journal Newsweek t_ Telegram Marietta Times Doylestown Intelligencer Denison Herald Bu siness Week ton Dai Iy News Marysville Journal Tr.ibune Easton Express Edinburg Review Parade ·Salem Journal Middletown Journal Erie Times EI Paso Times ITA Port Clinton Ottowa Co. News Dispatch Ft. Worth Star Telegram ADDITIONAL COVERAGE Sandusky Re gister Star News In Press Franklin News-Herald Harlington Valley Star Voice of America ,rum Springfield News Sun Greensburg Tribune-Review Henderson News Armed Forces Press Service Troy News Hanover Sun Houston Chronicle Armed Forces Rad io Network Urbana Daily Citizen Harrisburg News-Patriot Sherman Democrat U.S. Information News Service l acon Journal Wapakoneta News Hazleton Standard-Sentinel Texas City Texas Sun Printer's Ink Rev iew Washington Re cord-Herald Huntingden News Tyler Times Tide a Star-Beacon Wilmington News-Journal Indiana Evening Gazette Waco Herald Advertising Age Gazette Wooster Record Jeanette News-Dispatch News-Tribune Jeweler's Circular Keystone Telegraph-Forum Youngstown Vindicator Kittanning Simson's Leader-Times Times-Herald National Jeweler i Enquirer Yoakum Herald-Times Pacific Goldsmith OKLAHOMA Lancaster New Era Post I ntelligencer-Journal Ganado Tribune Metro Syndicate Frederi ck Leader Fox Movietone News Time s Star Latrobe Bulletin UTAH News Tulsa World Lebanon News Trade Winds Press Tribune Lewistown Sentinel Ogden Standard Examiner Machine Design Plain Deal er OREGON Mahonoy Record Salt Lake City Tribune Electrical Manufacturing IS Cithen Grants Pass Courier McKeesport News VERMONT Esto Es- Buenos Aires it News-Herald Portland Oregonian Meadville Tribune Bennington Banner CommerCial & Financial Chronicle, NYC on Tribune Salem Capit~1 Journal Media News Burlington News Editor & Publisher I

Watch Industry Hearings - Date line: Washington

In the recent "Special Edition" of TIMELY TOPICS we outlined some of the problems involved in our industry because of the low labor rates paid in Switzerland, as compared to those paid in America. In January, hearings were held in Washington, D. c., at the request of the American watch industry, by the Office of Defense Mobiliza· tion. These hearings were concerned with the above problem and our industry's essentiality to national defense. Below are some of the pertinent comments made at this hearing by witnesses:

ARTHUR B. SINKLER: "This is the first electric watch cartel-controlled watch industry, is not likely to replace to be marketed in the world. This new watch should the skills of many classifications of precision workers put to rest the baseless charges of the importer and in the near future." the Swiss watch cartel that there is something techno logically deficient about the American horological in PROFESSOR CHARLES S. DRAPER, Head, Aero dustry. England, France and Russia recognize the de nautical Engineering Dept., M.I.T.: "If America allows fense essentiality of their watch industries. They are herself to be caught in a position of entire dependence quite accustomed to dealing with cartels. They have on watch imports that may be cut off by an enemy, had the good sense to place limitations on the amount severe handicap would in all probability be imposed of watches which can be imported in any year." on our fighting forces ... Faced with problems of na tional security, we must continually keep our guard up JOHN REBER, Chief of Instrument Development Dept., in supporting our industries well enough to weather any Hamilton: "The Jet Clock is considered a 'state of the emergency that may arise to disturb our national exist art' development. By that I mean that the art of making ence. It is my opinion that the watch industry is an timepieces has not yet been developed to the point essential element of our industrial system in both peace where existing structure can be combined to create the and war and should be given whatever support is neces odometer indicating jet clock desired by the Air Force. sary to insure its good health." We must, therefore, apply our watchmaking skills and horological know-how to develop new components." CAPT. R. 1. ADAMS (US ,Ret.), former Ass't Chief of Iavy'S Bureau of Ordnance for Materiel: "Where GE ERAL OMAR . BRADLEY, former Chairman very small, precise, accurate, compact, rugged and re of Joint Chiefs of Staff: "The Soviet Union, Great liable mechanisms are called for- in quantity and in Britain and France, in sharp contrast to the United the shortest possible tim we have found again and States, have all taken active measures to develop and again that the jeweled watch indu try is uniquely suited expand their doniestic watch industries as a matter of for the job ... The non-jeweled watch and clock in national security policy in the past three years_" dustry has productive capacity to supply the necessary volume of many items requiring a type of equipment LEWIS E. MASSIE, Convair Division of General and a native skill which sets them apart from other in Dynamics Corp. (appeared as official representative of dustries as defense producers and suppliers." his company): "Failure on the part of the government to preserve watch skills as part of our national security * * * would be shortsighted . . . Aircraft manufacturers have Also disclosed at the hearings were hitherto closely found that watch manufacturers have a unique ability guarded details of Rus~ia ' s all-out technological build-up which no other industry can match ... In the event of in the war-essential watch manufacturing. The Soviets a real emergency the toolmaking facilities of the watch appear to be curbing Swiss watch imports, except for industry might well be needed in their entirety to teach sampling purpose , to be independent of foreign sources other people how to build the machinery which we would of supply. The watch industry is one of the four main so badly need." administrative unit of the Soviet Ministry of Instru ment Manufacturing and Automation, and therefore has JOSEPH HARRI GTO , JR., Arthur D. Little, Inc., priority in the screening, training and employment of Research Engineers: "U. S. jeweled watch manufactur workers with essential defense manufacturing skills. ing methods are as highly mechanized as is economically Under such circumstances, it is apparent the Soviets and technologically feasible ... Automation, which is regard their watch producing skills as essential to their far more advanced in this country than in Switzerland's defense technology in "cold" as well as in "hot" war.

18 We Asked for It ...

To be able to serve you better, we recently wanted to kn ow just what you thought of one of our issues of TIMELY TOPICS. Yes. we al 0 wanted to know if you read it at all. So, shortl y before Christmas, we mustered up the courage to put our heads on the block and come right out and ask many of you to help us by answering a brief and to·the·point que tionnaire. The survey was representative of a cross secti on of all departments in the Lancaster plant, and all answers were submitted anonymously. Here are the results. The total percentage of answers is Ii ted after each statement.

1. Comparing the new magazilie.type TIMELY 6. The articles in the November "Special Edition" TOPICS with the old newspaper·type TIMELY of TIMELY TOPICS were TOPIC: Total % Very easy to understand 38 % definitely prefer the new magazine·type Clear in some p3.rts, but confusing in others . 46% TIMELY TOPICS 61 % Difficult to understand ...... 2% like the two types about equally well 20 % I did not read enough of thi issue to judge 14% definitely prefer the old newspaper· type TIMELY TOPICS 18% 7. What did you think of this ovember "Special I don't like either the old or new type of Edition" of TIMELY TOPICS? TIMELY TOPICS ...... o It answered a lot of my questions about the I am unfamiliar with the old newspaper·type Company 25 % TIMELY TOPICS ...... 1% It answered SOlne of my questions 39 % 2. How regularly do you read TIMELY TOPICS? I already knew most of what it said 15 % I read all, or nearly all, of each issue 85 % It left most of my questions unanswered 6% ometimes I read it and sometimes I don't 14% I did not read enough of this issue to judge 15 % I seldom read TIMELY TOPIC 1% I never read it o 8. Do yo u believe that yo u were given the plain facts about our Company's position and its fu 3. Do you actually believe what you read in ture in this "Special Edition" of TIMELY TOPICS? TIMELY TOPICS? Yes, I believe what I read is true 53 % Yes ...... 45% Most of this edition was "slanted" to represent I believe some of the things I read, but feel the Company favorably ...... 30 % doubtful about others ...... 51 % I did not read enough of this edition to judge . 15 % I believe very little of what I read in TIMELY o response TOPICS . 1% 2% I don't know because I so seldom read it 3% 9. Do you want more "Special Editions" of TIMELY 4. Do oth er members of yo ur family read TOPICS, which are written to keep you posted TIMELY TOPICS? on Company problems and plans? Yes 71 % 10 , I think it is a waste of time and money 5 % o .. 22 % It doesn't matter to me 11 % o response 7% Yes, I like these "Special Editions" on Impor· tant Company matters 5. Concern ing the Nove m b e r issue of TIMELY 83 % TOPICS (which was a Special Edition on the 10 response 10 % Company's plans for the future) Didn't receive it ...... 2% We' re kind of pleased with the results of this survey. I received it but didn't read it 5% It's not possible to give you what YOIL want unless we I skimmed through it quickly 11 % know the sort 0/ news you are interested in. Remember, I read parts of it carefully, but kimmed through we ALWAYS appreciate knowing just what you like to the rest ...... 36 % read, so any time you have suggestions, please don't I read it thoroughly from cover to cover 46% hesitate to pass them on to us.

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you consider that foreign watch manufacturers control 80% of the United States watch market." Willy Geroud, Methods Engineer- Escapement Proc essing, worked with Sinkler on the translation of his statements into the French language. The program was taped in the studios of WGAL radio, and was broadcast Feb. 6, over Chaine Nationale in France.

A ward for Contributions

Hamilton employees, through their generosity III the 1956 Community Campaign, have added another plaque to the Company's Employee Citation Board in the first Roor corridor. The bronze-like trophy reads as follows: "Community Chest Red Cross Award for Outstanding Citizenship, presented to employees of the Hamilton Watch Company." The plaques, presented to 26 business and industry employee groups in Lancaster city and county, are an award from the United Community Campaign to those Preparing the interview for the Voice of America are Arthur B. firms which increased their average per employee gift Sinkler, Willy Giroud and Voice of America representative, at least 10 per cent over that of 1955, provided that the Jacques Bablon. new average gift per employee exceeded $6.40, the aver age 1955 contribution. In each case it was necessary that Sinkler Tells "Voice" more than 75 per cent of the employees contribute to the campaign_ Of Electric Watch

Arthur B. Sinkler, president and chairman of the board, in January recorded a discussion of the electric wrist watch for the Voice of America. The interview with Mr. Sinkler was conducted in French by Voice of America representative Jacques Bablon. In answering Bablon's questions on the importance of this "new concept in timekeeping," Sinkler predicted that the electric watch will in time replace the present automatic watches. He stated, too, that "invention today is no longer limited by political or economic barriers, and the result of an invention may be the opening up of new fields and limitless possibilities all over the world." When asked about the investigation now being con ducted by the government on the defense essentiality of the watch industry, Sinkler pointed out that it is of great importance "because the problem relative to the freedom of people is based more and more on the mili tary and economic development of the United States as a strong and free nation. Maintaining industries essential to our defense must be the concern of our A "Good Citizenship Plaque" is put in place on the Company's government because it is necessary to keep these indus Employee Citation Board by Ken Weeks of Personnel and Frank tries in a healthy condition. In the case of the watch Burgess, team captain, Big Gifts Committee of the Community Campaign. Robert Preston, Director of Industrial Relations, industry this is particularly difficult," he added, "when looks on at the presentation.

20 Suggestion Award "First" The Tabulating Department is proud of its first "idea man" to come through with an award.winning idea through Hamilton's Suggestion Award System. William Keiper, a tabulating machine operator, was presented with a $25 check for his excellent suggestion to include a space for "Back Order Shipment" on the Company's present invoice forms. Keiper's suggestion marks him as the first employee in his department to enter an award· winning idea.

Winners of the HMA special award trip to Switzerland are James H. Reese, left, and Philip E. BiemiIler, shown taking a timing check on a tray of electric watches in Electric Watch Assembly.

HMA Trip Winners The third annual special Hamilton Management Award, a two· week, all·expense paid trip to Switzerland, was won by Philip E. Biemiller of Landisville, and James H. Reese of Manheim, R 1. Biemiller i chief physicist of William Keiper (left) receives a Suggestion Award check from Hamilton's Research and Development Center and Reese Harry G. Thomas, vice president, finance. Richard Coulter, tabulating supervisor, and W. S. Davis, comptroller, stand by is a master technician. to offer congratulations. The award was announced on January 21st, by Arthur B. Sinkler at the January meeting of the Management Association in the Company auditorium. Junior Achievement In Action election of the award recipients is based upon the employee's experience with the company, his past per· formance, the contributions he has made to· the organ· ization and his interest in the potential for self·develop· ment and increased responsibilities. Roland Raver, vice· president- manufacturing, in an· nouncing the factory nomination for the award stated the 1956 contributions of the Research and Development group, as a whole, were being recognized in the perfec· tion of the electric watch . . "However," he said, "Philip Biemiller and James Reese are the two men who have made the outstanding contribution. Their names appear Craf·Co, the Junior Achievement Company sponsored on a total of 26 applications for patents for the electric Lh:s year by Hamilton, set up their manufacturing plant watch." Biemiller and. Reese have been with the work in the Fulton Room of the Hotel Brunswick on January on this new "concept in timekeeping" since its conception 25th, as part 0.£ the annual conference of the Lancaster at Hamilton. Manufacturers' Association. The two men are scheduled to· leave for Switzerland The J.A. company was one of several of these youth in Aprii in order to attend the Basle Fair and visit the groups to demonstrate the manufacture of their proouct, Swiss watch industry. from start to finish, before the eyes of Manufacturers' Biemiller came to Hamilton in 1951 as a senior physi. Association members. Part of the Craf·Co assembly cist in Watch Research and Reese began his employment line is sho.wn above beginning construction of their here in 1941 as a laboratory technician. popular planters.

21 Chemistry Program on TV SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA GROUP CITED Five Hamilton chemists presented a 30-minute panel In announcing its annual Public Relations Awards, type program on the local television station, WGAL-TV, the American Chemical Society granted a citation tll from 1 :30 to 2 :00 p_m. on Saturday, January 26. This the Southeastern Pennsylvania Section of the Society for was one of a series of programs entitled, "Chemistry the second consecutive year. Russell Philip of Hamil Key to Progress," that is given periodically as part of ton's Research and Development Center is chairman of the public relations program of the Southeastern Penn this Public Relations Committee coyering the southeast sylvania Section of the American Chemical Society. The ern part of the state. Serving on one of Philip's sub performing group, who discussed the topic, "Plating committees in charge of Press Relations is Philip Lichty, of Metals," was composed of Harold Quickel, Russell Chief Chemist, Research and Development Center. Of Philip, Philip Lichty, George Wells and Edgar Long. the 320 active members in the southeastern Pennsylvania rection, 14 are Hamilton employees. Mr. Philip reports that radio and TV stations in Lan caster, York, Carlisle and Gettysburg carry weekly pro grams prepared by his PR Committee and directed to the public in an attempt to show recent contributions of chemistry to daily life. Some of the topics which have been discussed or have served as the basis of a TV show are: detergents, synthetic fabrics, agricultural chemistry (insecticides, weed-killers, etc_). Proof that these programs have been of interest to a large listen ing audience is shown by the fact that in Lancaster, station WLAN carries a weekly program on Tuesdays at 7: 15 p.m. during the fall, winter and spring months.

The television audience saw demonstrated the many methods existing for applying metals on other metals and non-metals. Every trick of the TV industry was used to present the subject in as interesting a manner as possible. George Wells assumed the role of a pro fessor, using charts and diagrams to explain the simple theory of Electroplating before he actually plated copper on a silver strip in front of the TV lens. Edgar Long explained and demonstrated the techniques of plating a thin layer of silver onto a large watch glass to form a mIrror. With the use of one of Hamilton's tumbling barrels, Philip Lichty showed the new process of Peen Plating. This process employs the combination of a chemical and a mechanical action to apply the metal coating. Russell Philip explained the method of Vacuum Metallizing using vacuum tubes to show the volatilization and the subsequent condensation of the coating metal on the inner walls of the tubes. Durward Kirby, CBS-TV announcer, holds a "Van Horn" model The "Garry Moore" for the show was Harold Quickel electric watch before the TV camera as he di sc us es it at some length on the Garry Moore Show network telecast in January. who introduced the program subject, his chemist asso This was just one of the many TV showings across the country ciates, and showed examples of different plated metals on our new watch. on familiar objects. He also pointed out the desirable * * * properties of the respective plated coatings shown People who mind their own business usually throughout the half-hour program. succeed - they have so little competition.

22 Down the Alleys

15 Year Watch Recipients HRA Tournament at Rocky Springs Bowling Lanes on A fifteen-year class of 99 employees met in the audi January 19: torium on December 20th to re eive gold Hamilton Total Pins Award High Team Triple with Handicap ~at c h es as the Company's appreciation of their loyalty Peggy Nies-Ed Miller 1200 Watches and service _ This group was the largest to have attained High Team Triple without Handicap Clara Henry- Ken Shenk 1006 $17.0 :> this recognition since Hamilton began its watch presen High Team Single with Handicap tation program several years ago. The class has an Dori s King-Charlie Peters 443 15.00 High Team Single without Handicap actual total of 100 employees with the lOOth member M. Siegrist- J. Dinkle 365 13.00 being an employee of the Hathaway Division, Denver, High Triple with Handicap (Man) C. Koller, Sr. 664 5.50 Colorado. High Triple without Handicap (Man) The following is the list of IS-year watch recipients : D. \Veaver ...... 577 4.50 High Triple with Handicap (Woman ) Clinton Burkhart J ame H. Reese Ida bell e Parker 622 5.50 Earl B. Rettew ewlin G. La fferty, JI. High Triple without Handicap (Woman) Edward Dickel Lester E. Johnso n Erla Sheaffer 507 4.50 Ann a F. Reehl Kathryn Wolgemuth High Single with Handicap (Man) Wilbur Danielson Walter R. Divet J erry Schuldt 245 4.00 Warren Harnish Charles Williams High Single without Handicap (Man) Erla Sheaffer Stella E. Gehr C. Koller, Jr. 205 3.50 Am os Myers Anna W. Neff High Single with Handicap (Woman) Paul I-I. ies Ruth Her hey Helen Heckel 237 4.00 J ay R. So uders Richard H . Hess High Single without Handicap (Woman ) Carl A. R. elson Harold B. Hable J ane Mann 188 3.50 David Dickel Martin A. Ryan Hammond Datesman Harold Morgan The next tournament will be held March ] 6, 19S7_ Gerald E. Herr Gl adys Kneisley Watch your bulletin board for further details. Grace Hershour Lloyd G. Cooke J . Edward Joline Chester Mann William Mellinger Albert J . Matthews High score singles winners Ed Miller (Product Stores) and P eggy Ruth Lesher 1. James Dunn Nies (Spring Section ) receive their prize Hamiltons from Joe Iva S. Eshleman Charles R. Rothfus Staab (A.P. Scheduling) . .. Martin Heisey 1 ames Hostetter Reno B. Long Edith Hess Gilbert C. Childs Ned H. Scheffer 10hn Gibson Robert C. Markley Robert Bredbenner 10hn B. Henn y Eldred S. Williams Kenneth Shenk J acob Weaver Leroy H. Marlin Russel Lutz Robert Bauer Mary 1. Gregg J oseph S. Carter Adele Ormond George Rose Che ter Bostick aomi Acheson Charl es 1. Fisher Fred Gearhart Richard McMullen Harold D. Weaver Janet Balmer Doroth y E. Rohrer Galen McCauley John Rice Isabel Leo nard Leo nard C. Kissinger Cash winners in the 'HRA tournament are ( back row, I. to r.) Ira Kendig Paul G. Kutz H. Heckel (Escape), J . Dinkel (Machine Shop) , C. Koller, Sr. No rman M. Nissley Fred W. Sigman (Machine Shop ) , D. Weaver (Dial), I. Parker (Tabulating). Charles A. Fritsch 10hn H. Swarr C. Peters (Press), J . Schuldt (Watch Assembly) , D. King Raymond W. Musser Paul Mackredis (Payroll ); (front) E. Sheaffer (Plate). J . Mann (Plate), William Sterling Jack Stumpf M. Siegrist (Plate) . .. Leo n Fornoff Catherine Dieter Margaret ies Raymond Fritsch Howard Kuhns Richard Fitzgerald John Montgomery J ohn F. pringer Ellwood Johnson William Risheill Anna Freeland Anna Mary Bechtold Anna Mowrer Mary Garn er Dorothy S. Brachtendorf Dorothea Suter Evelyn Cibos Kathryn Kurtz Theodore Ardire A. W. Hall (Hathaway) Meet Your Reporters

John Nies, who is semor plant layout engineer in the Geraldine Johns (Mrs. Arthur) is secretary to Dr. Maintenance Dept., has been with the Company for John A. Van Horn, Director of Research and Develop almost 11 years. He began his employment here in ment. In April she will have completed her fourth equipment tool design where he worked for 7 years. year with Hamilton. Geraldine came to Lancaster from John is a member of Hamilton's Management Associa· Shamokin, Pa., five years ago and was first employed tion. In the hobby line, he is a collector of horses by Hamilton as secretary to John Reber. She is active miniatures, that is. His assortment of the equines, re in the Company's Recreation Association as Assistant produced in all sizes and made of various materials, Secretary of the organization and as a member of the now numbers about 50, he says. John is a native of HRA bowling team. Geraldine, too, finds her relaxa nearby Lititz, and recently he moved into a new home tion in sewing for herself and for her home. in that community.

Betty Watson (Mrs. Robert) reports for TIMELY Ira Mann keeps TIMELY TOPICS in touch with the TOPICS from the Quality Control Section. She is Junior Company's Automatic Department. Ira, who is Shop Quality Control Analyist in this section and just com Planner of this department, is an employee of long pleted her sixth year with Hamilton in December. standing; he is now in his 23rd year with Hamilton. Betty, who is a native of Lancaster, now lives in East Lancaster is his home town, and he is active in com Petersburg where she is active with the Girl Scouts as munity service here through work with the First Meth a member of the Troop Committee of the local Brownies. odist Church. In his free time Ira can be found in Sewing, particularly dressmaking, is her favorite form his woodworking shop or, if the season is right, cheer of relaxation, and as the mother of two young girls, Betty ing on his favorite ball club. has opportunities unlimited to put her talent to use.

24 Christmas Memories HRA Winter Activities The Recreation Association has been particularly active since the Christmas holidays. If you haven't been joining in the fun, here's a brief review of ju t what you have missed: a Swimming Party at Millersville State Teachers College; a Mixed Bowl ing Tournament with both watche and cash as prizes; a Card Party in the Hamilton cafeteria; a Roller Skating Party at Rocky Springs Roller Rink; and an Ice Hockey Gam~ at the Hershey Arena. ow for a PREVIEW of events you still have time to plan on attending: February 22 (Friday) - Basketball Double·header at Philadelphia's Convention Hall. See the new "giants" of the court, Boston vs. Phila delphia and Rochester vs. Fort Wayne. March 1 (Friday) - Pre·Lenten Dance at the Conestoga Country Club. This dance has been arranged by popular request of HRA members. St. Nick's helpers, Ted Lamparter Oeft ) and Bob Hartman, sort Remember, the price is on ly $2 a couple the more than 120 employee·donated gifts before distributing (members), and $3 a couple (non-members). them to th e hom es of needy children in Lancaster. Ted and Bob, both HRA officer s, were co·chairmen of the Santa Claus Letter May 4 and 5- Trip to New York City. In the co mmittee of the HRA, which had the co·operation of the past the e trips have been a great success. local post office. Count on joining the crowd on this one. WATCH THE B LLETI J BOARDS THROUGH OUT THE PLA T FOR DETAIL 0 ALL FORTHCOMI G HRA EVE ITS.

Christmas Party Guests Many retirees returned to Hamilton a special guests for the Co mpan y's Annual Employee Christma Party on December 20th in th e ca feteria. Pictured below are some of the large group who took a mom ent to po e for the photographer: Back row (I. to r.) - A. Fulk, A. Dillich, F. hay, W. W. Mcintyre, W. Kaufhold, F. Hatz, K. Winters. Center row- P o Frey, A. Urban, H. iesen, J. Klos, G. Witmer, C. Leo nard, M. Hauser, R. Kendig, J. Bartholomae, A. Fenstermaker, H. Keller, J. Spencer, Members of th e Hamilton choir, directed by Donald Trostle, are J. Snyder, . Shert , A. Marks, G. Vernau. Front- I. Fickes, Sr., shown as they presented th eir Christmas chorale at the 25th E. Fralich, J . Rader, H. Buckwalter, G. Biggs. annual employee Christmas program in the cafeteria. The program wa taped and re·broadcast over WGAL Radio on Christmas Day.

3ln jfflemortam Peter Dirks (Machine Shop, retired) died on December 30. Mr. Dirks had been an employee of Hamilton for 45 yea rs and 3 months. Clarence Spatz, hu sband of Jean patz (Merchandising) died on December 2l. Mary D . Morrison (Escape Dept. , retired) died on Jan uary 12. fiss Morrison had been with th e Company for 50 yea rs. William L. Kaufh old (Stand ard Costs, retired) died on January 14. Mr. Kaufhold gave 11 years and 9 months service to Hamilton.

25 From the Mailbag Speakers ... Kennebunk, Maine · .. Arlene Hershey of the Public Relations Dept. Gentlemen: spoke on Jan. 8th at the noon luncheon meeting of the Optimist Club in the Hotel Brunswick. She outlined We have a problem in our family that needs advice the aims and workings of the public relations profession. straight from the horse's mouth. I am sure that · .. Wally Bork, Manager of Dealer and Media Servo you can help us. ices (Advertising), spoke on his advisory work with We have four sons, the eldest six years. Their Craf·Co, the Hamilton sponsored' Junior Achievement grandfather, who is getting along in years, has given group, at the Jan. 9th luncheon meeting of the Lancaster each of them one of your nice watches as a gift. Rotary Club in the Hotel Brunswick. Mr. Bork was He wants them to be kept until the boys enter high the speaker, also, at the Feb. 14th McCaskey High School school- some nine to twelve years hence. assembly. As part of his program he presented the Gramp is elderly and felt he might not be around film, "How a Watch Works," and ended with a question when that time came, and he wanted the pleasure of and answer period. giving to them now. · . . Philip H. Lichty, Chief Chemist, addressed the Our problem: how may we pro perl y care for them Franklin & Marshall student members of the American in the interim ? We have facilities available to seal Chemical Society on Jan. 10th. He spoke on the sub· them in polyethylene and store them. We do not know ject of watch lubrication. if this would be a proper way. Would you mind · .. Philip Biemiller, Chief Physicist of the Research advising us? and Development Center, discussed Hamilton's electric Thank you very much. wrist watch on Jan. 24th at a meeting of the Conestoga Yours very truly, Chapter, American Business Clubs, at the Stock Yard Robert M. Chase Inn. On Jan. 28th, Mr. Biemiller addressed the Lan caster Chapter of the American Business Clubs on this same topic. R. D. "Dick" Slaugh, Head Watchmaker, solved the Chase family's problem. In answering this interesting · .. Chester Connor, Fuze Engineering Supervisor, letter, Mr. Slaugh O.K.'d the polyethylene sealing, but spoke before the Elizabethtown Lions Club at their Feb. recommended that a small quantity of silica gel be 12th meeting. He showed the Hamilton film, "How a inserted in the package with the watch to absorb any Watch Works," and conducted a question. answer period. moisture which might be closed in with the package. · . . R. W. "Dick" Slaugh, as president of the Horo· He stated, too, that when removing the watches several logical Institute of America, addressed the Horological years hence it would be necessary to clean and freshly Society of ew York on Feb. 4th at the Capitol Hotel, oil them. .Y.C. He spoke on the electric watch and illustrated his talk with colored slides. This society, of which Mr. Slaugh is a member, is the largest horological or Syracuse, . . Y. ganization in America. Mr. David Chapman Hamilton Watch Company · .. John Reber, Jr., Chief of the Instrument Develop ment Dept., has been invited to present a lecture on Dear Dave: "Creative Engineering in the Horological Industry" at a June symposium of. the engineering school of the We now come to the close of 1956, our fiftieth Pennsylvania State University. The symposium, based year in business. We want to thank you fOT your on the subject, "Creative Engineering," is to be at wonderful co· operation which helped make this year tended by about 50 representatives from government and a successful one. industry who will hear speakers from a variety of in There is more to business than just dollars and dustries give their views on the subject. cents and we want you to know that it was a pleasure · .. Charles Bremer, Salesman, spoke to the Watch to do business with your fine firm. May the New Year makers Guild of Waterloo, la., on Feb. 14th. His talk bring you health, prosperity and happiness. was based on the Electric Watch. Sincerely, · . . Don Davis, Salesman, appeared before the Watch Jay B. Rudolph makers Guild of Dallas, Tex., on Jan. 16th, with an (Jeweler) explanation and discussion on the Electric Watch.

26 · . . Lucky prize winners at the December 17th HMA New Timers meeting were Jake Weaver, Bill Scheaffer, Mel Miller, Al Radcliff, Gil Vatter, Dave Weller, Barney Zener, Dick Warren and Ed Hendrix. · . . William B. Risheill, Process Development Section, bid his daughter Janet a "bon voyage" when she sailed for Spain recently aboard the Queen Mary. Janet, a junior at Lake Erie College, Painesville, 0., and a graduate of the Lancaster Country Day School, will live • Roy Craig to Roy C. and Bertha F. Schroll, Jr. (Mainspring Mfg.) ... November 3, Lancaster General Hospital ... with a Spanish family for three months while studying 8 Ibs. 6 oz. at the University of Madrid. She is one of 74 juniors • Richard Charles to Charles H. (Escape Dept.) and Ethel M. Kirchner . . . November 11, Lancaster General Hospital . . . who will spend part of their winter term abroad. 5 Ibs. 7 oz. · .. Ruth Kreider (Train) returned to work early in • Harry J., Jr., to Betty J. (Fuze A, E. Petersburg) and Harry J. Dabler ... November 21, Lancaster General Hospital ... January following a three· week vacation at Colorado 5 Ibs. Springs, Colo. While there she visited in Denver with • Samuel Joseph to James (Small Tool Section) and Teresa Hager. .. ovember 23, St. Joseph's Hospital ... 8 Ibs. 13% oz. Esther Bowman (formerly of Train). Ruth spent Christ· • Ray Eugene to Robert N. (Machine Shop) and Sylvia May mas day at the noted Western ski resort of Aspen, Colo. Henry ... November 29, Columbia Hospital ... 8 Ibs. 8 oz. • Keith Dale to Robert C. (Import Casing) and Gladys Elizabeth · . . Did you notice that Hamiltonian brothers, Robert Frey . . . December 18, Lancaster General Hospital . . . and Ira Fickes, "made" the December issue of Ford 8 Ibs. 1 oz. • Robert Francis to Edward C. (Process Development Section) Times? Robert (Watch Assembly) took the color pho· and Veronica M. Fechter ... December 19, Lancaster General tograph which accompanied a featurette and Ira (Pro· Hospital ... 5 Ibs. 6 oz. • Carol Ellen to Robert B. (Physical Measurements Lab.) and duction Processing) 1I ppeared in the photo! Margaret O. Whitney ... December 22, Lancaster General · .. Iva Eshelman ~ Train) took a two·weeks winter Hospital ... 7 Ibs. 1 oz. • Drew J. to Richard J. (Raw Materials Stock Rm.) and Fern vacation to sunny Florida fO visit with her brother L. Horst ... December 12, Ephrata Hospital ... 8 Ibs. 112 oz. and his family at l Boca ftatWc' • Leonard to Leonard D. (Mainspring Mfg. ) and Rosa T. ' I " Pugliese . . . December 30, St. Joseph's Hospital . . . Truth IS stranger tqan ction. A visitor this winter 7 Ibs. Ph oz. to Lancaster was Miss Luise I Stiefel, a native of Zurich, • Bradley Ray to Samuel (Small Tool Section) and Doris J. Singer . . . December 31, Lancaster General Hospital . . . Switzerland. Her hostess, ODe of the Hamilton "family," 7 Ibs. 13 oz. noted with pleasure that L11jise wore none other than a • Sharon Kay to Robert and Edith (Service) Hess ... January 1. Lancaster General Hospital ... 7 Ibs. HAMILTON ladies wri~t watch . . . and it was not a , " • Stephen John to Donald T. (Budget Dept.) and Jane M. Valier new acquisition in deferenoe to her hostess' loyalties, .. . January 7, Lancaster General Hospital ... 8 Ibs. 8 oz. • Steven Ray to Donald R. (Tabulating Dept. ) and Margaret but a watch she'd had for several years. Richwine ... January 8, Lancaster General Hospital · .. Regional one·day Hamilton sales meetings were 5 Ibs. 3 oz. • Jeanette to Harry L. and Dorothy (Hairspring) Troop ..• held throughout January in New York City, Lancaster, January 8, Lancaster General Hospital ... 9 Ibs. 5 oz. Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta and Dallas. • Susan S. to Edward (Small Tool Section) and Goldie J. Brommer .. . January 11, Columbia Hospital .. . 7 Ibs. 13% oz. · .. Robert 1. Gunder, Director of Advertising, has • James Martin to Charles M. (Production Rates) and Betty J. Sharpe ... January 11, St. Joseph's Hospital ... 8 Ibs. 8 oz. been appointed program chairman for the Association • George Gregory to John H. (Works Lab.) and Annie Mary of ational Advertisers' spring meeting at the Home· Ruth (formerly of Press Dept.) ... January 12, Columbia Hospital ... 7 Ibs. 6 oz. stead, Hot Springs, Va., to be held March 13-16. '. Ann Marie to Robert (Product Design) and Mary W. McCul· · .. For Sale: New 9" Logan lathe, fully equipped. lough ... January 17, St. Joseph's Hospital ... 8 Ibs. • Cindy Ann to William (Works Lab.) and Shirley White, Jr. See J. Torres (Process Development Section). . . . January 24, Lancaster General Hospital .. . 6 Ibs. 14 oz. · .. For what it's worth to our readers, our clipping service recently came through with a movie mag clipping mentioning the dunking of a diamond·studded Hamilton General ... in a famous swimming hole . . . Elvis Presley, so ex· · . . Ed Egan, Eastern Massachusetts representative for cited with his new pool, forgot to remove his watch. Hamilton, recently won the jewelers' golf tournament at · .. C. E. Ireland, Ass't Secretary and Treasurer, has the Plymouth Country Club. Golf champ Egan is a been elected a Director of the Jewelers' Board of Trade. former member of the Harvard golf team. · .. For Sale: Watchmaking tools---complete Marshall · .. All players in the 1957 Sugar Bowl Football Classic lathe with 37 chucks; micrometer (mm); Sietz friction were presented with specially designed Hamilton watches, jeweling set; Levin pivot polisher and misc tools. Call made on order from Bernard & Grunning Jewelers. EX 2-0239.

27 Retired

W. E. "Bill" Pierpont (Di trict Sales Manager) re tired from his post on February 1. Mr. Pierpont, a veteran of 20 years with Hamilton, was orth Central District Sales Manager with headqu,arters in Chicago, Ill. He will remain active as manager of a long established family jewelry store in his hometown of Waterbury, Conn. Several of his Hamilton friends attended a retirement party given for him recently in Chicago.

Henry Tholen, Director of Sales, pre ents "Bill" Pierpont with the ~ Company's newest timepiece, an electric watch, given by his many Hamilton friends. "Mr. Pierpont's long and valued service will be sorely missed," Tholen aid, "and all of us at Hamilton wish him continued success in his new endeavors."

Fellow worker present Jessie Diffenbaugh with a "money plant" at a noon party in Train Inspection on Dec. 20th. Left to right: Miss Diffenbaugh, Frank Weber, John Schwebel, Pearl Eshleman, Catherine Reynolds, Emma Zimmerman, Anna Freeland and Mary Ruth Diffenderfer admires her "money bouquet" given by her Costolo. 't friends in Electric Watch Assembly. 't

Jessie Difienbangh (Train Dept. ) retired on January Ruth Diffenderfer (Electric Watch Assembly) retired 1, after approximately 17 years of service with Hamilton. on February 1, after completing over 35 years of service Miss Diffenbaugh, who began her employment with the with the Company. In 1921 she began employment here Company in the jeweling department, upon her retire in jewel jpbbing. Before being transferred to the electric ment was an inspector of small pinions and staffs. She watch assembly as an inspector, Miss Diffenderfer was is the econd Train Dept. employee to take advantage of final inspector, A sembly A. She, too, retired under the the early retirement provision for women. Miss Diffen new minimum age provision for women. A life-long resi baugh, a native of Lancaster, lives at 241 S. Queen St. dent of Lancaster, Miss Diffenderfer lives at 503 3rd 5t.

28 I've Got a Question -

Ques : Why aren't Hamilton's Diamond USA Awards Thank you for all of your questions. Keep them coming. put on display so everyone can see them? We will continue to answer those questions which are mo t frequently asked. Ans: This is a good suggestion and has been passed on to the Merchandising Department who will Ques : Why does a small company- like Hamilton have shortly put the watches on display_ so many vice· presidents? I bet you won't answer this one. Ques : Why isn't TIMELY TOPICS published every month? Ans: Titles in any company depend on the organiza Ans: Because of budgetary limitations. We thought tional structure of the company and the types of you would prefer a better quality publication less problems that have to be handled. A vice often. (And our survey discussed in this issue president is an officer of the company who acts seemed to verify this.) During 1957 we plan for the president in actuall y deciding on com about eight (8) regular editions of about twenty pany policy and operations. The organizational four (24) pages each. unit a vice-president heads up may be a large Ques: Is it possible for my family to tour the Company one, like manufacturing, or a small one which so they can see where I work and how a watch is established for a separate product, or a vice is made? president might be used to head up a remote unit Ans: At the present time, Hamilton has no formal of the business or a small unit established for tour program. However, plans are being formu future development and growth. The number of lated for a community tour which would permit vice-presidents has nothing to do with the size families of employees to tour the plant. of a company_ It is dependent on the number Ques: When will the electric watch production be opened of products made, plans for the future and the to employee suggestion awards? method used to et up the organization chart_ Ans: As the policy on suggestion awards states, em Que : Are we conducting research to employ atomic ployee suggestions are not accepted for an award energy in watches? until some time after production has been stand An: o. The accomplishment of this would depend ardized_ The principle purpose is to prevent any on the development of an atomic energy cell by possible confusion which could result from sug a nuclear laboratory. Facilities are not at pres gestions which duplicate plans already in-the ent designed for this type of research activity_ works_ Such changes can normally be expected The Kidde uclear Research Laboratories re with new product production. The open date for cently announced the development of such a cell. employee suggestions will be announced by notices Whether they have solved the problems, such as posted on the bulletin boards around the plant. shielding the radiation so that it could be applied to a watch, is not known. In any case, according to the information they released on this cell, the present cost for each one would be approximately I'VE GOT A QUESTION! $2,000. Please publish the truth in TIMELY TOPICS about Ques: Will Hamilton's new electric watch put the watch the following question or rumor: repairmen out of business? Ans: Of course not. Initially, we want to repair the watches ourselves so we can double check their performance. Eventually, when this is no longer necessary, the watch repairmen will have to learn some new skills, but no more than was neces ary when the automatic watch was first marketed.

29 HONOR ROLL CHANGES jan uary "; february-195 7 40 years William Barber, Watch Assembly

35 years William T. Mattern, Dial Edna Showers, Watch Assembly

30 years Charles W. Griffiths, Small Tool Carlos R. White, Train Cecile Read, Train Miriam E. Kahler, Balance & Flat Steel Robert Waddell, Director of Public Relations Fannie E. Miller, Electric Watch

25 years Theresa Reilly, Plate Moses Good, Maintenance

20 years N orman Trimble, Machine Shop Mary Schneider, Spring Elwood Kline, Movement Assembly Robert Mooney, Metals Processing Gladys M. Kreider, Dial John H. Patterson, Machine Shop Helen M. Witmer, Watch Scheduling ellie A. Tragresser, Standard Costs Jane Beazley, Plate Charles H. Leaman, Dial Donald Lentz, Spring Leon Poliski, Watch Assembly William K. Dussinger, Mechanical Planning Richard F. Weitzel, Allied Products Engineering

15 years Wilmer Rutt, Jewel & Screw Charles W. Starr, Product Performance William White, Jr., Works Lab. Hermina Plank, WaJ,ch Assembly William A. Dinges, A.P. Engineering Carl M. Henry, Maintenance Abram N. Millhouse, Maintenance Roy Schaiebly, Maintenance Earl B. Walters, Chemistry Lab. Raymond G. Erisman, Maintenance Roy E. Reidenbach, Plant Security Eugene M. Bricker, Machine Shop ellie Schober, Employees Services Roy D. Shelly, Plant Security Charles Wagner, Plant Security Bertha Krause, Service Ethyl Reidenbach, Spring Section