98 (open face) were more moderate priced movements, grades No. In its earliest years, Columbus used numbers to identify its watch grades, the top grades were the 18-size 16-jewels No. The highest grade 18-size movements were marketed as "finely adjusted and just the thing for railway service." The company's primarily made 18-size movements, and also developed a smaller and thinner 16-size movement. In 1883 the Columbus Watch Company began to manufacture movements in a newly-built factory in Columbus, Ohio. In November 1882 the company was reorganized as the Columbus Watch Company, with Dietrich Gruen President and General Manager. The Columbus Watch Manufacturing Company was founded by Dietrich Gruen in December 1874 in Columbus, Ohio, finishing movements imported from Switzerland.
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