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1957 Longines Conquest Advertisement

Strickland Vintage Watches — Tue, 19 May 2026 21:41:33 +0000

Stunning 1957 French advertisement featuring Longines’ Conquest model.

Waiting for him to come home

Strickland Vintage Watches — Mon, 18 May 2026 21:06:34 +0000

Waiting for him to come home

Model: Sarah Sutor, wearing a vintage military Elgin, circa 1943

Photographer: Rossie Newson Photography
Hair: Corinne Smrz
Makeup: Joli Beauchamp Makeup
Special thanks to: John Henley

Rare French Clock

Strickland Vintage Watches — Fri, 08 May 2026 21:18:00 +0000

This stunning and rare French Industrial animated steam engine clock is a 19th-century masterpiece combining Victorian engineering beauty with horological precision. Featuring a tri-tone bronze and rouge marble steam pump design, it boasts a fully animated central piston, large flywheel, and governor that move with the clock. Complete with a signed J.E. Caldwell & Co. (Philadelphia) silvered dial, aneroid barometer, dual thermometers, and an 8-day striking movement — all in excellent working condition.16.5″ high | 34 pounds of pure mechanical art sold at auction for $21,780 on Nov. 14, 2015.

Bulova Advertisement, Circa 1929

Strickland Vintage Watches — Thu, 07 May 2026 21:36:11 +0000

Bulova presented the Ambassador wristwatch in 1929 with a matching flexible band. An iconic brand, they offered fine timepieces with prices ranging from $25 to $2500.

Beauty in Blue

Strickland Vintage Watches — Thu, 07 May 2026 05:34:48 +0000

SVW’s gorgeous Darianne, wearing a stunning Deco era bracelet timepiece laden with diamonds and sapphires. Her gown from La France; hair by Miss Corinne Smrz and makeup by Joli Beauchamp. Photographed at the Historic Don Vicente by Jeruel Photography.

Historic Clock in NYC

Strickland Vintage Watches — Fri, 01 May 2026 21:50:51 +0000

Standing across from the Flatiron Building, the historic Fifth Avenue Building Clock – often called the Tiffany Clock – is a stunning example of gilded cast-iron artistry. Installed in 1909 by Hecla Iron Works, this ornate 19-foot, double-faced timepiece has captivated New Yorkers for more than a century.

1930s Style

Strickland Vintage Watches — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:18:32 +0000

Colorful nautical-themed Doxa wristwatch ad; Switzerland 1932.

Gifted Photographer

Strickland Vintage Watches — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:39:01 +0000

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. Larson chose a Civil War era American Waltham pocket watch in a 6-ounce coin silver case as his subject.

See more of Mr. Larson’s work @matt_larson_photographer on Instagram. Period clothing was provided by La France in Ybor City.

Watches in Art

Strickland Vintage Watches — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:00:59 +0000

Marvelous poster for the Pilgrim Theater Company’s May 2012 production of “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. In the 1962 film, Gregory Peck uses the actual pocket watch Harper Lee’s father carried during the years he practiced law. It was one of Miss Lee’s dearest possessions. She was so moved by Mr. Peck’s film performance, she gave him the watch, which is now a cherished possession of the Peck family.

Look closely and you’ll see the watch in the poster symbolizes a moral compass, complete with a third hand gesturing toward “good” or “evil” on the dial.

1903 Elgin Advertisement

Strickland Vintage Watches — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:26:59 +0000

Turn-of-the-Century magazine illustration for American timepiece manufacturer Elgin Watch Company: “Sure as the sun is the Elgin watch: Unaffected by heat or cold, damp or drought, jar or jolt, Elgin watches keep accurate time.“ Circa September, 1903