1. Chauncey Jerome was an American clockmaker in the early 19th century.
16 Facts About Chauncey Jerome
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Chauncey Jerome made a fortune selling his clocks, and his business grew quickly.
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Chauncey Jerome was born in Canaan in 1793; Chauncey Jerome was the son of Sarah Noble and Lyman Jerome, a blacksmith and nail-maker.
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Chauncey Jerome learned what he could about clocks, particularly clock cases, and then went to New Jersey to make seven-foot cases for clocks.
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In 1822 Chauncey Jerome moved his business to Bristol, opening a small shop with his brother Noble, producing 30-hour and eight-day wooden clocks.
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Chauncey Jerome installed the first circular saw ever seen in Bristol.
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In 1842 Chauncey Jerome moved his clock-case manufacturing operation to St John Street in New Haven.
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Three years later, following a fire that destroyed the Bristol plant, Chauncey Jerome relocated the entire operation to the Elm City.
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Chauncey Jerome made, and lost, a fortune selling his clocks and was perhaps the most influential and creative person associated with the American clock business during the mid-19th century.
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Chauncey Jerome was born in Canaan, Connecticut, and later moved to Plymouth, Connecticut, where his father started a blacksmith shop.
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Chauncey Jerome was a young boy when his father died, on October 5,1804, and was forced to work in apprenticeship with salesmen.
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Chauncey Jerome was victim of war at New Haven Fort, and when finished, he moved back to Plymouth to start an apprenticeship with Eli Terry.
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Chauncey Jerome took note of all of the men who laughed at "Mr Terry" for Terry's foolish ideas of selling a clock for a minor $14.
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Chauncey Jerome came up with the idea of a rectangular shelf clock, brass in method, and sell-able for $1, the OG clock.
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Chauncey Jerome sent his son, and a peddler who was a great friend of Chauncey Jerome to England to sell his one dollar OG clocks.
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Finally Chauncey Jerome's son got a man to buy a clock for one dollar, and put it on a shelf - the next day, an English man walked in and saw it was still working, and proudly purchased the clock, this started a chain reaction, and the shop owner purchased 100 more clocks on the spot.