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André Bechler Swiss "Simplex" Gear and Pinion Engines

The Story of Bechler "Swiss Automatic" Lathes

Petermann Pinion Machines   Sloan & Chase Pinion Machines   Waltham Pinion Machines

Stark Pinion Machines   Cataract Pinion Machines   American Watch Tool Co. Pinion Cutter

Wolf Jahn Pinion Cutter   Wade Pinion Cutter


A pair of André Bechler Swiss "Simplex" Gear and Pinion Engines - unusual in that they were discovered unused decades after they were manufactured. One was then set up on a stand ready to use, the other preserved in as-found condition.
The two machines appear to have been supplied originally to the
Cosa Corporation of New York, a Company engaged in horological and mechanical instrument work and who once, it is believed, made a lathe for watchmakers - an example of which has yet to be found.






The Story of Bechler "Swiss Automatic" Lathes

Petermann Pinion Machines   Sloan & Chase Pinion Machines   Waltham Pinion Machines

Stark Pinion Machines   Cataract Pinion Machines   American Watch Tool Co. Pinion Cutter

Wolf Jahn Pinion Cutter   Wade Pinion Cutter


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André Bechler Swiss "Simplex" Gear and Pinion Engines
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