Products įritz Baumgartner, Star's key hand engraver In 1943, the building was further enlarged with the addition of new office space bringing the overall size of the plant to three stories and 70,000 square feet (6,500 m 2). The addition was one hundred feet long by thirty feet in width and was three stories high.
In 1927, the company added still another enlargement wing for tool, die equipment and machinery. North and south wings were added to the main building in 1920. The primary factory building was built on South Rath Avenue in 1905, and later expanded in 1910. The company's (sometimes referred to as Star Watchcase Company) employment reached its peak during World War II at 550 employees. By 1913 it had about 150 employees, which grew to 400 by 1925. Later in 1905 the company moved to Ludington, Michigan.
In 1906 in Ludington, the company's key hand engrave was Fritz Baumgartner, assisted by hand engravers Emil Allemann and Otto Starke. Starke, president Fred Hermann, vice president Warren Antoine Cartier, secretary and Alfred W. Officers of the new Star Watch Case Company were Otto A. The company changed its name sometime between 19 to the Star Watch Case Company and incorporated on February 7, 1905. There were 27 employees in the business before the fire. The company was well insured, and it was able to recover.
In 1902 or 1903 a large fire destroyed the Illinois manufacturing facility. Starke had the specialty of being an engraver and steel hub cutter, while Hermann specialized in the mechanics of the tools and machines for making watch cases. Starke and Hermann were foremen at Illinois Watch before starting in business for themselves. The immediate predecessor of the Star Watch Case Company was the Illinois Watch Case Company in Elgin, Illinois, that was founded in 1898.
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