Introducing the Model 1 from DB Watches, out of Bozeman, Montana
Regular readers of this site are probably pretty familiar with the basics of watch geography. Switzerland, Japan, Germany, and France all factor heavily into the various stories of contemporary and classic watchmaking that unfold in these pages. And of course the United States is no slouch, but when you think of watchmaking in the USA, I?m betting you don?t think of Bozeman, Montana. Bozeman is the home of The Last Wind-Up, a well regarded watch retail and repair shop in Big Sky Country. And no, Bozeman isn?t the next cultural center of the watch community, but it?s on our radar because the proprietor has done something a bit unusual in 2021, but is a real throwback to a much earlier period in American horological history. He?s made his own branded timepiece (the new venture is called DB Watches), for sale directly through his store. It?s incredibly charming, and a reminder of the days when it was more common than not to have a local watchmaker in your own town or city.Â
The watch business, it will surprise no one, has changed a lot over the course of the last century. There was a time when a watchmaker was a necessary part of the fabric of any community. Before the internet, quartz watches, and even standardization of time across the entire country, everyday people relied on watches (often of the pocket variety, if we go back far enough) and public clocks to know the precise time. The ?neighborhood watchmaker? wasn?t an anachronistic or unusual thing, but like...
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