As collectors, we love unusual variants, like this 18-size Seth Thomas Century fronting a traffic-stopping green guilloche dial with gold numerals, and the unusual thing is that both are unmarked. It’s very common for Mo…
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A new customer from Virginia had been given a Hamilton 992E by an older acquaintance that he occasionally chatted with at his local coffee shop. The conversation had turned to pocket watches, and his friend said that he …
Continue readingNew Crystal or Keep the Old?
Installing a crystal is something that may happen multiple times in the service life of a watch, assuming that it was a daily carry piece back in the day, and easily could’ve been changed at least once before it came int…
Continue readingSeth Thomas Model 6 Eagle
The Seth Thomas Models 6 and 7, marketed by the company as the Eagle, is one my favorite lesser grades because of the engraved eagle on the plates of the first few thousand examples. SN 515501 is the earliest known open-…
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Cripple Creek was the site of Colorado’s last great gold rush, as thousands of tin pans descended on the area in 1890. After everything of value was stripped from the earth it became a ghost town but now serves as a base…
Continue readingDennison, Howard & Davis
In 1854 the Warren Manufacturing Co moved from Roxbury to the newly-built factory in Waltham and changed their name to the Boston Watch Co. Up to that point roughly a thousand watches had been produced: the first twenty …
Continue readingValue Prop: Nomos Weltzeit
Introduction:The Nomos Weltzeit hits way above its price point. Yes, it’s an expensive watch but when you look closely, and take the time to contemplate, you’ll see that it’s not out of line! In this review, we delve into the value proposition, and ov…
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Traditions & Transitions: Making Horology MainstreamVisitors to British Columbia, Canada, are said to frequent Gastown, touted as one of Vancouver’s most unique and vibrant neighborhoods, brimming with an eclectic mix of shops, historic architecture, d…
Continue readingThe Bremont Broadsword Recon.
The Bremont Broadsword Recon.
Continue readingReverence & Hubris
We are living in a very strange world, a world that for some is in crisis, for others, it is a time for opportunity. The world is surviving a pandemic, two and a bit years of fear, hope and charity. For some, it was a time for discovery, to find out mo…
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