Watson
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W. Watson & Sons Manufacturers was an optician and camera maker based in Holborn, London, and later with premises in Barnet (north London), Edinburgh, Birmingham and Melbourne, Australia. The company was founded by William Watson in 1837, but was not involved in optical goods at this time. Watson began making cameras in the 1880s;[1] William Watson died in 1881, and the running of the firm was taken over by one of his sons, Thomas P. Watson. Several of his brothers were also involved in the firm