The Illinois Watch Company, now far smaller than the original business, focuses on repairs, sales and its own timepiece designs. By Janelle Conaway Reporting from Quincy, Ill. A century ago ...

Then, there’s the size: 1,648 pages. But, really, it’s the topic of this five-volume book set that elicits the biggest surprise: the Illinois Watch Co. Presidents, wars, social movements ...

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Fredric Friedberg is a heavyweight author. He's completed a five-volume, 1,648-page, 24.5-total-pound history of the Illinois Watch Company, a long-gone business that hasn't ...

A retired Springfield businessman and Illinois Watch Co. collector is resurrecting a short-lived Abraham Lincoln high school essay contest that was sponsored by the long-shuttered factory in the ...

Fredric Friedberg has written an extensive, five-volume history of the Illinois Watch Company, which has been out of business for nearly a... Copyright 2023 NPR. To ...