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The American Watch Company of Waltham, Mass. was one of the featured exhibitions at the 1885 International Inventions Exhibition as part of the world’s fair held in South Kensington in the United Kingdom. Men and women from the Waltham factory demonstrated their new “fine, automatic machines” at its exhibit entitled “Watchmaking by Machinery.” These machines [...]

Hamilton Watch Company military advertisement giving hope to those enduring the emotional turmoil of WWII, circa 1942

Errol Flynn as Capt. Nelson, synchronizing his WWII ordnance wristwatch with those of his men in “Objective Burma!,” circa 1945

Next in our New Orleans series: “Arriving at the Cornstalk” From Strickland Vintage Watches’ Spring 2015 Calendar shoot Photograph by Donna Strickland Model: Hanna Cowart- Model/Photographer Hair by Jamie Gandy of Fifi Mahony’s Makeup by Nikki McCoy of Fifi Mahony’s Post Production by Rossie Newson Special thanks to The Cornstalk Hotel, Dollz & Dames and Christine Cowart

Next in our New Orleans series: “Watching on Royal Street” From Strickland Vintage Watches’ Spring 2015 Calendar shoot Photograph by Donna Strickland Model: Hanna Cowart- Model/Photographer Hair by Jamie Gandy of Fifi Mahony’s Makeup by Nikki McCoy of Fifi Mahony’s Post Production by Rossie Newson Special thanks to The Cornstalk Hotel, Dollz & Dames and Christine Cowart

“Relaxing in the Quarter” From Strickland Vintage Watches’ Spring 2015 Calendar shoot Photograph by Donna Strickland Model: Hanna Cowart- Model/Photographer Hair by Jamie Gandy of Fifi Mahony’s Makeup by Nikki McCoy of Fifi Mahony’s Post Production by Hanna Cowart Special thanks to Rossie Newson, The Cornstalk Hotel, Dollz & Damesand Christine Cowart

“She floated to New Orleans on a breeze of grace and gentility; a Southern goddess drawn to the languid murmur of idyllic life.” From Strickland Vintage Watches’ Spring 2015 Calendar shoot Photograph by Rossie Newson Model: Hanna Cowart- Model/Photographer Hair by Jamie Gandy of Fifi Mahony’s Makeup by Nikki McCoy of Fifi Mahony’s Special thanks to The Cornstalk Hotel, Dollz [...]

This week we will be premiering images from our Spring 2015 SVW New Orleans shoot, bringing you original photographic art created to highlight the vintage timepieces of Strickland Vintage Watches. Rossie Newson met us in the French Quarter, intent on capturing an interpretation of ’30s life in the Big Easy. Our model, SVW Calendar Girl Hanna [...]

Norwegian self-taught photographer, Paul Stang, took this photo of himself reading a book and his trusty pocket watch in 1910 – long before “selfies” were even thought of. Stang, who was born in 1888 in the small village of Stongfjorden, Norway, loved his town and wanted to document it. He photographed villagers, nature, leisure activities, farming [...]

1946 Universal Geneve Watch Company ad featuring classic dress models for women