McKinley grade movement was only offered as a factory-cased watch. One example is seen in a 1903 ad in which Hampden's new Wm. Hampden movements were frequently offered factory fitted into Dueber cases. They stayed separate until about 1925 when the companies were legally merged. That name was (and still is) in common usage. was a separate company from the Hampden Watch Co., although the ads used the Dueber-Hampden name. During 1888-1889, both operations were moved to a dual, attached set of factory buildings in Canton, OH, the case company starting operations in 1889, a year after the movement company, although it was advertised to be in Canton in 1888. In the 1886, to protect his business from the actions of the developing Watch Trust, Dueber purchased a controlling interest in the Hampden Watch Co. ![]() Manufacturing was moved to Newport, KY (across the Ohio river from Cincinatti) in the 1874 while the offices remained in Cincinnati for several years. Dueber established a watch case company in Cincinnati, OH in the 1860s, in association with Mr. The history of the Dueber Watch Case Manufacturing Co is told in From Springfield To Moscow: The Complete Dueber-Hampden Story.
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