Īfter six very successful years, the school again felt the need of increased accommodations and facilities to keep pace with the growing demand. After the success of the school had been assured, several offers of considerable sums of money were made to remove the school to other places.
The development of the institute was so rapid as to render it difficult for the founder to keep pace with the requirements. The school steadily grew and in 1888, new rooms were provided, affording ample accommodations for 100 students and making possible the pursuit of a greater number of lines of work. The idea being born, Parsons at once determined to establish a horological school and as a result, in 1886, the first school for watchmakers in America was opened in La Porte. The young man had gone to a great number of the watch factories but no one would teach him. The letter stated that the writer had started to learn the trade but was forced to give it up on account of the death of his employer. Just at this time a letter from a young man appeared in one of the journals, asking if there was no school where a young man could learn the watch trade. Besides, in his trade, he had found it hard to get the work done in a workmanlike manner and he saw the large and increasing field of labor for skilled workmen. He was himself experienced in watchwork and felt that what he had spent so many of the best years of his life in learning, could be taught in much less time in a horological school. Parsons (born in Michigan, circa 1847), of La Porte, Indiana. The idea of a school for watchmakers was first conceived by James R. On the contrary, every improvement and modification of timepieces and every additional form of movement called for higher skill in handling these delicate machines. Still, these conditions, as regards American watches, afforded no reason why watchmakers should degenerate.
Materials of every description became plentiful, easily obtained and readily used, and any difficult job was naturally turned over to the manufacturer. When American watches became popular, watchmaking as a trade began to decline. While timepieces of foreign make were mainly sold and used in the US in the 19th century, the watch repairer needed fitness for his work, which could be acquired only by long apprenticeship and familiarity with the various types of timepieces. In 1898, it moved to Peoria, Illinois, eventually becoming a department of what is now Bradley University.
It was founded in 1886, in La Porte, Indiana. Parsons Horological Institute (originally, La Porte School for Watchmakers also known as Parsons Horological School) was the first horological school in the United States. Parsons Horological Institute The Clock Room at Parsons Horological Institute Gravity escapement town clock made at Parsons Horological Institute Chronometer escapement made at Parsons Horological Institute
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