![]() 28 boxcars of machinery left Canton, together with 21 Dueber Hampden employees to teach the Russians the craft of watchmaking. In 1930, Amtorg Trading Corporation purchased the Dueber-Hampden Watch Company together with all of the manufacturing equipment, parts on hand, and work in progress, in order to build a factory in Russia. In 1927, falling sales led to the company going into receivership. In 1925, John Dueber sold the company to Walter Vrettman. In 1923, the two businesses merged to become the Dueber-Hampden Watch Company. ![]() ![]() ![]() By 1890, the company was producing quality watches, and introduced the first size 16, 23 jewel movement made in America. ![]()
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