Watch Description
What makes the Burlington 025 unique: Today, we’re happy to showcase this stunning watch that features a pocket watch that’s over a century old — the Burlington 025. The Illinois Watch Company initially produced the pocket watch with the Burlington Watch Company trade name for the Babson Bros. Company in Chicago. The piece boasts a remarkable white dial with stylish black hour numerals and detailed black and red minute numerals. You can also see the dial’s eye-catching blued-steel spade and whip watch hands and a helpful subdial. We encased this antique within our protective and fashionable Gunmetal Titanium case, and we equipped it with a nickel-plated crown. Our Gunmetal Titanium case features a transparent rear side, revealing the watch’s 275-grade open-face movement with a Going barrel, False bridge, and double roller safety action. You can also see the movement’s stunning gold-plated gears and 21 sumptuous jewels throughout its large bridge plate. We completed the product with our comfortable and fashionable Cordovan Black leather watch strap, perfectly complementing the dial and case.Movement Manufacturer Information
The movement inside of this watch was made by Burlington Watch Company. We call this model "The Burlington" because the company was located in Burlington, Illinois.
The Burlington Watch Company is unique in the sense that it did not manufacture its own watches. Only operating from 1908-1925, the Illinois Watch Company actually produced the vast majority of Burlington brand watches. The company sold watches by mail order on credit with payment plans. The called themselves the anti-trust watch saying that other companies fixed prices and forced consumers to pay extra because of the middleman. Their goal was to make high-quality watches available to those who couldn't normally afford them.
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Watch Specifications
- Manufacturer: Vortic Watch Company
- Warranty: Full 1-Year Warranty
- Case Dimensions:
- Diameter: 47mm
- Thickness: 12mm
- Lug to Lug: 55mm
- Lug Width: 22mm
- Case Material: DLC Titanium
- Crown/Hardware: Nickel Plated
- Water Resistance: 1 ATM
- Crystals: Sapphire
- Case Back: Stainless Steel
- Strap: Leather
Movement
- Manufacturer: Burlington Watch Company
- Serial Number: 3838722
- Manufacture Year: 1921
- Function: Manual Wind
- Jewels: 21 Jewels
- Hands: Original
- Size: 12s
- Power Reserve: ~36 Hours
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The Movement
The engine that powers this watch is an antique American pocket watch movement. All the gears and springs that make it tell time are roughly 100 years old on average. We call these watches the American Artisan Series because we're celebrating the history and legacy of the artisan watchmakers who built this engineering marvel a century ago in the United States.
The Story
Today most pocket watches are scrapped for the gold or silver of the case (the outside of the antique timepiece), leaving the inside (what we call the "movement") as trash.
We take pride in upcycling these pieces of American history by salvaging as many as we can, then preserving them inside our wristwatches.
Our expert team of watchmakers restores the antique movement and then we manufacture a custom wristwatch case here in Fort Collins, Colorado.
The Strap
We partnered with Worn & Wound to produce a custom set of straps for our American Artisan Series watches. We now have 15 different colors to choose from including our two Horween Shell Cordovan options. These straps are made in the USA and are based on the Windup Model 2 Premium strap that Worn and Wound offers.
