Waltham Watch Company
Volume 60 · 60 F.T.C. 1692
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Waltham Watch Company, 60 F.T.C. 1692 (1962). Consumer Law Library, https://consumerlawlibrary.org/decisions/v060-0113
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IN THE :r1ATTER OF WALTHAM: WATCH COMPANY ET AL.
ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRl\.DE CDl\DIISSIO:\ ACT Docket 7997. Complaint, June 24, 19GO Decision, June, 1962 Order requiring a Chicago importer of clocks from 'Vest Germany- actually a. successor oy a "spin-off" in reorganization of the original .Waltham Watch Company of :\'Iassachusetts to certain rights to use the " \Valtham " trade name-and the sale distributor of the clocks, to cease Hsing the word ,Valtham" \vithout clear notice that their products were not manufactured by the well-known "\Valtbam Watch Co. of 'Valtbam lass. (presently in business under another name); and requiring said distributor to cease making numerous false claims in connection with its franchise distributor plan ,,,hereby it sold " Walthnm " clocks, together with display cases, to operators for resale to the public, including claims of exaggerated profits and misrepresentations of refund and return policies and guarantees, as in the order below more specifically set forth. COJHPkUXT * Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act and by virtue of the authority vested in it by said Act, the Federal Trade Commission, having reason to believe that "\Valtham .Watch Company, a corporation, and I-Iarry Aronson and Lawrence Aronson individually and as offcers of said corporation, and David Singer, an individual, trading as Time Industries, and Muriel Singer, indi- ,. As amended July 10, 1961.
Complaint 60 F.
(c) Transporting or causing to be transported, for the purpose of sale or delivery after sale in commerce;
any article of wearing apparel which, under the provisions of Sec tion 4 of the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, is so highly flammable as to be dangerous when worn by individuals. 2. :i1manufacturing for sale, selling, or offering for sale any article of wearing apparel made of fabric, which fabric has been shipped or received in commerce, and which, under Section 4 of the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, is so highly flammable as to be dangerous when worn by individuals.
It iB further ordered That the respondents herein shan, within sixty (60) days after service upon them of this order, file with the Commission a report in writing setting forth in detail the manner and form in which they have complied with this order.