Engineer Tom McComiskey running demonstration of the proof tester developed through Peachtree, a Watson subsidiary involved in fiber optics.

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 11, 1994.
The spooling mechanics of this machine are the same as everything made by Watson from twiners to cable wrapping equipment. The main difference is in the sophisticated electronics used in the proof tester and the speeds that it reaches during operation.