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Strickland Vintage Watches has a watch for everyone.

Today, we give you the gorgeous SVW model Chanda Am, who is wearing a ladies’ Art Deco enameled Elgin wristwatch. We had the honor of working with Ms. Am at the historic Cuban Club in Ybor City.

“Time and Style” by Gregoire Guillemin for Strickland Vintage Watches. Original artwork by Grégoire Greg-leon-Guillemin (greg-guillemin.com)

Set in motion by 16th-century ingenuity, the Astronomical Clock at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Münster remains an engineering marvel, where celestial mechanics meet spiritual devotion in a confluence of moving figures, zodiac signs, and startling precision.

The Cuban Angel with the Gold Omega Model: Lucero King Photo: Donna Strickland

Mid Century advertisement illustrating the streamline design of Doxa timepieces, circa 1956.

It’s a privilege to bring you an image from art photographer Matt Larson. Titled “Ybor City Time,” the piece represents late 19th century Ybor City in Tampa. Mr. Larson produced the image in the lost “salt print” process, an early photographic development technique that is much like life itself: painstaking, dangerous, yet ultimately exquisite. Mr. [...]

1947 Gruen Watch Company advertisement featuring the Gruen Veri-Thin design.

A perfect moment shared by Jake and Nicole Frerichs, captured by noted photographer Rossie Newson.

Early 1930s Omega advertisement by Federico Ribas Montenegro.