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1901: Fred Frick Clock Co. expanded and was located on Ringgold St., Waynesboro, Pa.

• Frick marketed and distributed his clocks. There were no jobbers or retailers involved.

• Self-winding programmable clock introduced.

• Still buying clock material from Waterbury and Seth Thomas.  Advertising engraving, repairing watches and clocks. Repairing and refinishing furniture. Also 1901 through 1908 Frank Landis was working with Frick developing patents. Later in 1901 Frick disposed of his stock, tools, materials and patents to a new capitalized company. His gain was the royalties as he stayed on as the inventor and designer of programmable clocks.

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1910: Frick sold the Fred Frick Clock Co. to Frank and Mark Landis.

There is so much more history about the Fred Frick Clock Co. He was a genius in the development of the master programmable clocks and the companion slave clocks used in schools and offices across the U.S.  The only records of the company were gleaned from payroll ledgers obtained many years later by Ted Carbaugh (deceased). Carbaugh donated these Frick records to the National Watch and Clock Museum library in Columbia, Pa. They are a great source of information.

Examples of Fred Frick clocks are numerous.  Sadly many have been converted to electric time only household wall clocks and the programmable mechanisms removed. I have examples of Fred Frick clocks in my collection and am always looking to buy these clocks.

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