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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

Classic Beauty

Strickland Vintage Watches — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:02:23 +0000

Classic beauty from Strickland Vintage Watches. Yoko is wearing a 1950s era pink gold Hamilton wristwatch.

Model: Yoko Lauren Heavilin
Photographer: Rossie Newson Photography
Makeup: Beauty Beat By Melisa J. Makeup Artist

Civil War Pocket Watch from H.L. Hunley

Strickland Vintage Watches — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:01:31 +0000

Ornate gold pocket watch recovered on May 30, 2002 during the excavation of the H. L. Hunley, the world’s first successful combat submarine lost at sea during the Civil War after destroying the USS Housatonic on February 17, 1864.

The watch, which belonged to the Confederate Hunley commander Lt. George Dixon, is a standard Liverpool English fusee watch with a lever escapement, gold chain and marine fob.

During the Civil War, the Confederate States kept Local Apparent Solar Time as its standard, while United States naval vessels maintained the Local Mean Solar Time of Washington D.C. When scientists reconciled the two methods, they came to the conclusion that Dixon’s watch – which was still partially wound – stopped ticking, the time of the attack. This suggests the Confederate, hand-cranked sub flooded and sank immediately after engagement.

For more information on recovery and excavation of the H.L. Hunley, please visit http://www.hunley.org/

Goddess of Time

Strickland Vintage Watches — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:23:33 +0000

Art Deco Bulova Watch Company ad featuring Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Time and Memory, circa 1934.

Cocktail, Anyone?

Strickland Vintage Watches — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:59:37 +0000

Gorgeous British model Frankii Wilde loves wearing her ladies’ 1930s era cocktail watch.
Photographer: Jade Photography

Pocket Watch Fashion

Strickland Vintage Watches — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:06:48 +0000

Four hundred years before Coachella and Paris Fashion Week, sartorial splendor flourished throughout Europe. While silk pastels might fade in and out of gentlemen’s fashion, pocket watches in solid 18k yellow gold with matching fobs do not.
The inscription on this 18th century hand-tinted plate reads:
“Le gallant a belle montre, cherchant le midi pour le rapporter, il est vetu dun rabit de velour cizele, Boutons en oeufs.” or “A gentleman with a beautiful watch, looking for lunch and lively conversation, is dressed in a rich velvet coat with egg buttons.”