JOHN M. BERGEY - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/19/2001 - HFSID 324321
Price: $220.00
JOHN M. BERGEY
The inventor of the world's first electronic watch, the Pulsar,
describes his accomplishments in blue ink
Autograph letter signed: "John M. Bergey" in blue ink. 1
page,11x8½. Features 3x3½ printed picture of the inventor. Addressed to Irene M.
Walinski. May 19, 2001. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In full: "In life,
take nothing of granted. In the early 1970s I assembled a group of young
technical tigers who believed, as I did, the art of watchmaking had not
significantly improved for 50 year. In the next two years we designed,
developed, built and sold the world's first solid state digital electronic watch
called PULSAR. Most advances in technology begin with the simple idea that
improvement is both desirable and possible. Don't that which exists for granted.
Best regards". John M. Bergey, alongside partner Dick Walton,
transferred from the military product division at the Hamilton Watch Company to
head up research and development at the firm's watch division. They had been
working on an electronically time fuse and the company wanted to explore the
possibility of applying their work to a commercial product, the quartz watch.
After collaborating with Electro-Data, Inc., who had been working to develop
a digital quartz watch with a light-emitting diode display, their
joint-enterprise introduced the world's first electronic digital watch, the
Pulsar, which was introduced on the market in 1972. Bergey was named the
president of Time Computer Inc., which was created to develop and market the
Pulsar; he holds twenty-six patents wither alone or jointly for virtually every
aspect of the watch. Light surface creases. Corners rounded. Slightly toned.
Fine condition.
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