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Waltham x Elgin: Corporate Espionage & The History of Pocket Watch Production in the United States
Did you know that the history of the 2 largest American pocket watch manufacturers was tied together? Elgin Watch Company and Waltham Watch Company combined to produce 78% of all pocket watch movements built in America. The two watchmaking giants were...
How To Open A Pocket Watch
Everything You Need to Know About Watches
About This Guide The purpose of this blog is to teach you what you need to know in order to make good decisions when purchasing a watch and what to look for when admiring a fine timepiece. The article starts very general before...
The Military Edition - Are You On The List?
The Military Edition Launches November 11th In a bit more than a month, the 2nd Edition of our Military Edition will become available. Last year we had about 300 people on the waiting list and we sold out of the 50 watches...
A Building With Our Name On It & Weekly Roundup (August 26th, 2020)
"Match Made In Heaven" Veteran's Watchmaker Initiative Dedicates New Building To R.T. Custer and Vortic Watch Company On Veterans Day, 2019 we launched the Military Edition in partnership with the Veterans Watchmaker Initiative in Odessa, Delaware. It was a huge success, sold out in a matter of...
We Partnered With Some Friends For This One (August 19th, 2020)
Men's Shopping Spree Sweepstakes Your weekly roundup of our last 7 watches from the Watch of the Day program is below, but first, you should check out this awesome sweepstakes we're doing with a few friends. It's definitely something you don't want...
Our First Pocket Watch for Independence Day (July 4th, 2020)
The Chicago Railroad 039 Our first pocket watch, and the Watch of the Day for Independence Day! We get this question a lot… “do you guys make pocket watches?” And for years the answer was, “well, we actually salvage pocket watch movements...
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