Seth G. Atwood

Seth Glanville Atwood (June 2, 1917 – February 21, 2010) was an American industrialist, community leader, and horological collector.

[1][2] He was the chairman and president of Atwood Vacuum Machine Company, one of the world's largest manufacturers of automobile body hardware, and a long-time leader of the Atwood family's business which involved in manufacturing, banking and hotel industries, with over 2,500 employees.

[6] In 1985, Atwood Vacuum Machine was sold to Anderson Industries in Rockford, Illinois; the annual sale of the company was US$138 million at the time of this acquisition.

[4][5] Seth G. Atwood also managed other businesses of his family involving banking, venture capital, hotels and real estate properties.

[1] In 1971, Seth G. Atwood founded the Time Museum at the Clock Tower Resort in Rockford, Illinois.

[7] However, the museum was shut down in March 1999 when United Realty Corp., a company owned by Atwood family interests, sold the Clock Tower Resort to Regency Hotel Management.

[2][13][17][18] These included the Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication and the Breguet Sympathique Clock No.128 & 5009 (Duc d'Orléans Breguet Sympathique, owned by Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans), which was originally restored by English watchmaker George Daniels at the request of Seth G.