Our Watchmakers

At Towson Watch Company, we take issue with the concept of pre-orders, where a brand releases a new watch for purchase before it has been made. We support reservations, where a customer claims a piece currently in or ready for production. The key difference is that a reserved watch is being made regardless of demand, while a pre-ordered watch is only produced after the demand has been secured and payment has been made. Pre-orders align supply and demand driven purely by economic motives. Consequently, pre-ordered watches often lack the brand integrity and artistic continuity that would make them collectable and valuable in the long run.

Our president, Spencer Shattuck, shares his experience as a young entreprenuer at TWC.

Towson Watch Company was founded at the beginning of the new millennium by Hartwig Balke & George Thomas. Two freshly retired foreign engineers who moved to America to sail the coast and further pursue their passion for horology and craftsmanship.