Friends,
This is my first posting in this forum. I apologize if this topic is already cleared out, but in that case please give me a link.
I just want to know what happened to Mr Jones after he left the company. Did he retire peacefully, or was it a kind of hostile take-over or...
Sincerely:
Dr Lennart Wennberg, Sweden
We are talking about 1880... there is plenty ...
of history about the company on the website. But basically Jones got bought out in 1880.
He left IWC hurriedly in 1876
After a factory expansion in 1875, IWC's first bankruptcy occurred in 1876 and Jones returned to America. IWC was rescued in 1876 by the Schaffhausen Handelsbank and another American, Ferdinand F. Seeland (who only spoke English), was appointed as manager.
Little is known about Jones after 1876. He apparently left the watch industry and lived in New York and Massachusetts. If I recall, he was an inventor and there were some non-watch mechanical appartus patents issued in his name. He died in 1916.
For a little biography, including where he worked after IWC, if you can read German go to
watch-wiki.de/index.php?title=Florentine_Ariosto_Jones
Regards,
Michael
Mr F. A. Jones, what happened to him?
Thank you both for your replies and your efforts!
Sincerely:
Lennart