Philadelphia Watch Case Company in Riverside New Jersey

by Linda Stern

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Philadelphia Watch Case Company in Riverside New Jersey

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Linda Stern

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Completed in early 1908, the building is dominated by the 7-story office building, with an 8-story tower at the corner. The tower has an elaborately framed clock on each side and a lavishly decorated mansard roof. Spaces between the windows are ornamented with carved squares and grotesques. The main factory building, behind and attached to the office building, is an early example of reinforced concrete construction. Its divisions are clearly defined by concrete posts and beams, infilled with brick spandrels and triple factory windows.


The ornate clock tower is the perfect symbol atop the seven-story office tower of The Philadelphia Watch Case Comany. The factory, which produced gold watch cases, had 32 fire and burglar-proof vaults. Floors were sloped so gold particles could be flushed into a cistern and recovered.


The Philadelphia (Keystone) Watch Case Company was the world's largest watch case manufacturer, and in 1918 employed 1,050 people.

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April 11th, 2019

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