orders increased so rapidly that larger quarters became necessary immediately. Hagstoz & Thorpe seems to have made only gold-filled cases using the J.
Boss" patent from the estate of John Stuckert. Thorpe formed Hagstoz & Thorpe, purchasing the manufacturing facilities ( within which, 12 employees produced 6 cases per day at 618 Chesnut St.) and "J. Boss sold patent rights to John Stuckert of Philadelphia.ġ875 - T.B. Unlike gold washed cases, which were made using electroplating, cases produced by means of rolling had much harder gold surfaces and were thus less apt to wear.ġ871 - J. 23,820 of May 3, 1859, revolutionized the watch case industry by enabling the production of not only less expensive, but considerably stronger cases. Rolling increased the molecule density of the metal. Boss formed cases by rolling sheet metal as opposed to the traditional method involving soldering and cutting. That is, material made of a sheet of composition metal (usually brass) sandwiched between two thin sheets of gold. Boss received a patent for "spinning up" cases made of "gold-filled" type material. The following chronology and information is from History of the American Watch Case, with additional notes in purple based upon an article in an 1889 issue of The Keystone, posted by Greg Frauenhoff, 30-Apr-04 and quotes in green, based upon the online article Decorative Aspects of American Horology" (which seems to be no longer available):ġ853 - Randolf & Reese Peters were making cases in Philadelphia, employing James Boss.ġ859 - J. Boss" or having a balance (scale) as a trade mark (indicating that it is a J.
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