Bruce's World of Watches
Thursday, July 3, 2025
Notes From a Mid-Winter NAWCC Regional in Florida
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Greetings from new digs at the Comfort Inn, just a block north of the Plaza. I hemmed and hawed about this, but finally decided there's ...
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Early (1910s) Op-Eds on the Pros/Cons of Wrist Watches
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Pro: Con:
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Europa Star magazine
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By Bruce Shawkey
Driva
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By Bruce Shawkey Driva was founded in 1924 in La Chaux de Fonds, a famous location in the history of watchmaking. The founder was one of th...
Monday, February 10, 2025
Time Telling - Past, Present and Future
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Reported from Readers Digest, Condensed from The House Beautiful magazine 1927 It is hard to believe, when we look back, how times have chan...
Friday, December 27, 2024
The First Wristwatches For Men
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Article in 1939 Jewelers Circular Keystone Issue 109 No. 11 August 1939, and No. 12, by Charles A Mealy A recent photograph ...
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Ollendorff and Gotham Watches
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By Bruce Shawkey Found this ad in a 1950 issue of JCK magazine. Gotham was a sub-brand of Ollendorff, generally low-jeweled (6 or 7) watche...
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