Pocket Watch Database
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Years of Operation: 1882-1887
Predecessor: E.F. Bowman
Production Jewels: 11-17 Jewels
Production Sizes: 18s, 16s, 6s
Total Production: 169
Average Rarity:
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1879
E.F. Bowman is founded in Lancaster, Pennsylvania with the assistance of W.H. Todd, whom designed the first model, a 16s fully-jeweled 3/4-nickel-plate movement.
January 9, 1881
J.P. Stevens & Co., a jewelry and silver shop in Atlanta, Georgia, begin to advertise as a watch manufacturering factory.
1882
E.F. Bowman decides to devote his time to the wholesale jewelry trade and sells his watchmaking operation to J.P. Stevens Watch Co. of Atlanta, Georgia. A new factory is constructed to house the manufacturing operation.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GeorgiaThursday, June 29, 1882
June 7, 1882
The J.P. Stevens Watch Co. is incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia with a capital of $20,000.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GeorgiaSunday, May 20, 1883
April 1884
The J.P. Stevens Watch Co. moves from 34 Whitehall St. to 23 Whitehall St. in Atlanta, Georgia.
1885
J.C. Freeman, the largest stockholder in the J.P. Stevens Watch Co. dies, and his heirs cause turmoil within the company. The Stevens brothers deside to sell their interest to the Freeman heirs and a new company is formed as D.N. Freeman & Co.
The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GeorgiaSaturday, November 14, 1885
November 10, 1885
The J.P. Stevens Watch Co. is dissolved.
1887
The D.N. Freeman & Co. fails and ceases operations.