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Watch & Clock Collectors Descend on Grand Rapids for the ‘National’
A collection of clocks on sale at the National Watch & Clock Collectors Association's annual show in Grand Rapids, Mich. This year the National Watch & Clock Collectors Association (NAWCC) had...
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The History of the Roskopf Watch
An example of an 1896 Exposition watch made by Georges Frederic Roskopf . I am telling the story of Georges Fredric Roskopf not only because it is a fascinating history, but to make a point to watch...
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Antiques Show Offers Treasures for Those Who Know How to Look
One of the tensts set up at last weekend's Madison-Bouckville Outdoor Antiques Show in upstate New York. The headlines read: “Mid-Summer Blues Amidst a Depressed Marketplace!” I see it every day in the...
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Uncommon Railroad Watches: Challenging Collections to Complete
Railroad watches were produced in prodigious quantities by nearly all the American watch companies, starting in 1870 and running right up to 1969, with the first being the National Watch Company’s...
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A Primer on the Brimfield Antiques and Collectibles Shows and Assorted Events
The Brimfield Antiques and Collectibles Show, and surrounding independent events, as seen from the air. I normally write an article on shows I attend after the event, when I have returned home to my...
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The Origin of the COMEX Rolex ‘Sea Dweller’ Diver’s Watch
Rolex "Sea Dweller" During the late 1960s, in collaboration with COMEX—a France-based professional dive company—Rolex developed its “Submariner” model to meet the most stringent technical and...
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Collecting the Omega Speedmaster is All About the Details
A Professional model Omega Speedmaster, with spearpoint second hand. The Speedmaster is one of the most challenging modern watches to collect because the number of changes made to the line over the...
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History of the Breitling Navitimer Watch is Shrouded in Mystery
The history of the Breitling Navitimer watch is hard to pin down, as company records have been lost, and company lore does not match up with other facts. This all makes the Navitimer an interesting...
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Dillinger Connection Sets $41,000 Price for $150 Hamilton Watch
The Art Deco Hamilton watch carried by John Dillinger when he was gunned down by the FBI outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago. Dillinger carried a quality watch! The opening bid for this iconic...
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Horology in the Movies: ‘The Hudsucker Proxy’
The giant clock at the center of “The Hudsucker Proxy.” Time, horology and the looming presence of an enormous tower clock take center stage in the classic 1994 romantic comedy “The Hudsucker Proxy.”...
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U.S.M.T. Corps and the Civil War Telegraph Service Watch
This watch, Waltham P.S. Bartlet made in 1864, a genuine relic of the U.S. Military Telegraph Corps and really belongs in a museum devoted to the history of communications and telegraphy. It is by pure...
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What Makes It a ‘Civil War Watch’ vs. a ‘Civil War Relic?’
Abraham Lincoln’s watch is considered a “hands down” Civil War relic. It may seem you’d need to be very gullible to believe what many sellers put in their descriptions, namely that every other...
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A Rack Lever Fusee Civil War Watch with a Story
This medium quality English fusee pair case “contract watch” was made in Liverpool, England and shipped to Philadelphia, Pa., where it was finished by B&E Clark. It was later sold to Thomas E....
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1953 Timex Ben Hogan Folding Watch
The 1953 Timex Ben Hogan folding watch features a simple touch to a button on the side of the watch would activate a spring-loaded lid, exposing the dial—facing upward—making the reading of time quick...
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Collecting Sports Presentation and Commemorative Watches
A Babe Ruth watch, 1940s era, mint in box with a baseball $500-$800-plus. Without the box, $200-$300. Sports collectibles is a hugely popular item for collectors of today and yesterday, and there is...
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Fabulous Antique Chinese Market Watches
The back of a watch made for the original Chinese market. These watches usually featured enamel colorful designs of flowers and other sights of nature. The Chinese have their own taste in things, from...
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Gold, Silver Prices Endanger Future of Antique Watch Collections
This high-quality, 18k gold pocket, made by little-known watchmaker H.L. Matile in a small town in Switzerland, is a fine example of a “technical watch.” But its day may be numbered, simply because it...
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‘One of a Kind’ Watches from J.W. Packard Collection Highlights Timepieces Sale
The Art Nouveau styling of these timepieces is impressive, even down to the stylized James Ward Packard monograms stamped on the case backs. Christie’s upcoming Sale of Important Watches, featuring...
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Auction Report: Christie’s Timepieces Sale Fast & Frenetic
The top lot in Christie’s sale of Important Watches, held on June 15, was this Vacheron Constantin clockwatch from the J. W. Ward Packard Collection, which brought $1.5 million, blowing past the...
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The Development of the 6536/1 Submariner, the James Bond Rolex
The Rolex Submariner watch worn in the first of the Bond movies, “Dr. No,” in 1962 as a 6536/1 Submariner without the bracelet, on a black leather strap. The Rolex Submariner is one of the coolest...
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