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1963 Waltham Blancpain Bathyscaphe Skin Diver

I picked up this 1963 Waltham Blancpain Bathyscaphe Skin Diver the other day, I've ALWAYS wanted one of these! In 1959 Blancpain called it the Bathysc...
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Remembering Charles Depollier, an American Horologist Light Years Ahead of his Time

Charles L. Depollier passed away 83 years ago today. One of the photos you'll see is Depollier's very simple obituary, it did NOT do the man ANY justi...
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Task & Purpose Article about WWI American Made Trench Watches

American horology is finally getting the respect it deserves! I was recently interviewed by reporter Jeff Schogol with Task & Purpose, a highly re...
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Recent Comments

commented on 1963 Waltham Blancpain Bathyscaphe Skin Diver ·

The Blancpain labeled versions cost 2x - 3x more.

They command crazy high prices.

commented on Remembering Charles Depollier, an American Horologist Light Years Ahead of his Time ·

I flew to New York from Texas last year to pay my respects in person after the headstone was finished. Very nice cemetery. I brought the 1919 Waltham Depollier Thermo Waterproof Watch with me and one of the new 2022 Waltham Field & Marine watches.

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commented on The Rolex Conundrum: Overrated Timepieces or Deserving Icons? ·

https://www.luxurybazaar.com/grey-market/rolex-myths/

An interesting article was published over the weekend about Rolex and the whoppers they've told and false claims they've made over the years.

commented on Let's Bust Some Rolex "Myths" (or less euphemistically known as lies...) ·

https://www.luxurybazaar.com/grey-market/rolex-myths/

An interesting article was published over the weekend about Rolex and the whoppers they've told over the years.

commented on An Aviation World Record, a Waltham Depollier Watch and a Lie ·

Knew what?

commented on An Aviation World Record, a Waltham Depollier Watch and a Lie ·

I serve as Project Historian for the new Waltham Field & Marine Watches, the Thermo Watch and the A-17 Pilot's Watch.

More to come from Waltham, now made in Mendrisio Switzerland.

commented on The VERY FIRST American Made Men's Wrist Watch ·

Yes, it was a private label for Mark Cross, I high end goods retailer in this era.

Agreed, the "4" is a bit odd.

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The Grandaddy of Engraved Military Watches!

It would be hard to top the engraving on this 1918 Illinois Trench Watch! I found this incredible Illinois back in late 2016, several months later it...
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Charles Depollier's 1917 Booklet, "The Watch in the Trenches"

Somebody on Instagram asked me about Charles Depollier's 1917 booklet "The Watch in the Trenches" after I posted an advertisement that mentioned the b...
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An Aviation World Record, a Waltham Depollier Watch and a Lie

104 years ago today, Roland Rohlfs, Chief Test Pilot for the Curtis Airplane Company, set a new flight altitude world record of 34,610 feet in the Cur...
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The VERY FIRST American Made Men's Wrist Watch

The VERY FIRST American made "MEN'S WRIST WATCH" made its debut 112 years ago this month! Published in "The Keystone" magazine on September 1, 1911, a...
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Waltham A-17 Pilot's Watch, Specification MIL-W-6433, Official FOIA Request

As many of you already know I serve as the historian for Waltham Watches and their NEW Waltham A-17 Pilot's Watch project. The official military speci...
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118 Years Ago TODAY the FIRST Men's Wrist Watch Advert was Published in the United States

118 YEARS AGO TODAY! This is the OLDEST men's wristwatch advertisement currently known to exist in the United States. On July 29, 1905 the Gorham Comp...
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Rolex has gone too far!!!! Time to real them IN!

Looks like Rolex has a lot of explaining to do! This is an internal instruction card for Rolex sales personnel. I'm guessing that it was for Rolex sto...
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