THE COLLECTIONS

The Skipjack sailing vessels in the Chesapeake Bay are seen today as icons of local revitalization & industry. Serving the increased demand for oysters throughout the 1800’s and used again a century later to dredge blue crabs into the shallow tributaries of the bay. The timeless utility of the Skipjacks are a testament to American engineering. The PRIDE Collection speaks to the nautical roots vested in local industry and creation. Featuring one-of-kind stainless steel cases designed in-house by Hartwig Balke.

The Martin M-130 “Flying Boat” flew across the Pacific for the very first time in 1935, forever opening the skies to commercial flight. The aircraft was built by Glenn L. Martin Corporation in Baltimore, MD., a famous defense contractor.This commercialization of professional technology inspired Towson’s watchmakers to design the MARTIN Collection. A line of military-grade timepieces for everyday professionals.

Hartwig Balke & George Thomas moved to America to sail the Eastern Coast. While guiding their vessels through the Choptank River each night, the sharp lines and bold surfaces of the Chesapeake Bay’s iconic navigational beacons glimmered as bright as their light.

The artisanal nature of these structures made our founders crave their own sense of horological experimentation. The CHOPTANK Collection tests the bounds of shape in fine watchmaking, extending the design language of Towson’s former chronographs into a new frame. A line of timepieces that speaks to the artisanal nature of utility-first instruments.

In 1999, Commander Thiele of NASA commissioned the Towson Watch Company for an American-Made chronometer that would last his STS-99 mission in outer space on the Endeavour spacecraft. Hartwig Balke's classically-crafted TWC chronograph helped prove that an automatic watch does, indeed, work & last in outer space.

Taking a movement invented by American firms a century ago and boasting what American Watchmakers can achieve today…

Towson’s traditional approach to the craft defines highest-grade artisanal watchmaking. Offering frosted sterling silver, skeletonized movements, and hand-guilloche dials.