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Towson Watch Company is America's independent watchmaker, building original mechanical watches by hand in Maryland since 1998. Each reference is its own design — made to the highest grade, in an edition of one hundred, then retired for good. Together they form a single, deliberate collection. Those who find it tend to want all of it.
The Potomac. The CHOPTANK. The Mission series. The STARMARK. Every Towson Watch is an original, and the work of a small collective — the finest independent makers Towson can bring together for a single piece. Cases and dials from the family ateliers of Pforzheim, Germany. Swiss calibers at the core. American hands for decoration, regulation, and final assembly. And, model by model, the artists Towson invites in — among them Roland Murphy of RGM, whose architecture drives the STARMARK. Each watch is built to the highest grade, and earns its own place in the collection.
Every movement is taken apart and rebuilt. Components trued by hand. Perlage and blued screws. Regulated to chronometer-grade accuracy. It is finished because it will be seen — through an exhibition caseback on every Towson Watch.
The cases, dials, and components come from three family ateliers in Pforzheim, Germany — Ickler, Cador, and Benzinger — old friends of Hartwig Balke. He came to Maryland to build the American watch their craft deserved. George Thomas, a master watchmaker trained in Prague, Vienna, and Zurich, did the watchmaking. Pforzheim parts. American hands. That is what a Towson Watch has always been.
Antonio Vestpoint learned the craft at Towson's bench, trained by George Thomas and Hartwig Balke, and is now one of the lead watchmakers at Baltimore Watch Company — a full watch operation a few miles away, and the newest member of the collective. The watchmaking that built Towson in Maryland is still done in Maryland, by more hands and deeper bench experience than ever. The craft is in its strongest position yet.
No model follows anyone else's direction. Each begins from its own idea and earns a distinct place in the collection — built in an edition of one hundred, then retired for good. Nothing is repeated, and nothing is filler. The catalog is meant to be collected as a whole, one watch at a time, by those who came looking.
A Towson Watch has flown aboard a NASA mission and opened Lincoln's pocket watch at the Smithsonian. It sits, quietly, in collections beside the most coveted names in watchmaking — found by those who went looking for something few others have. Each reference is built to the highest grade, in an edition of one hundred, and retired for good. Twenty-five years on, the collection is still being written. The rare thing is to own all of it.
Towson Watch Company began with two German-trained craftsmen who met by chance in an Annapolis pub — and resolved to build mechanical watches in America at a time when almost no one else would.
A certified master horologist trained in Prague, Vienna, and Zurich, George has built tourbillons and restored some of the oldest watches in the world. He regulates and assembles by hand, and sets the standard every Towson movement is measured against.
An engineer from Pforzheim — Germany's historic city of watchmaking — Hartwig shapes Towson's design and technical direction. His lifelong relationships with the city's family ateliers still supply the brand's cases, dials, and components today.
Spencer Shattuck owns and runs Towson Watch Company — overseeing everything from product development and production to sales and the owner experience — and keeps the brand exactly what it has always been: independent, direct, and built by the collective.
Towson is fully direct — no retail layer, no trade accounts. Spencer's role is to bring the collective together and protect what it makes: an independent brand, held to the handcrafted standard set in 1998. It is built to stay exactly that.
Every Towson Watch is the work of a collective spread across two continents — each member chosen for the craft it brings.
Family workshops in founder Hartwig Balke's hometown produce the cases, dials, and components to Towson's exact specifications — the rare European relationships that have defined the brand since 1998.
A fellow American master watchmaker, and a member of the Towson collective. Roland Murphy of RGM brings the mechanical architecture behind the STARMARK — a collaborative American moonphase, and one of the clearest expressions of how Towson works: the best independent makers, brought together for a single, original watch.
Baltimore Watch Company is a full watch operation a few miles from Towson, and the newest member of the collective. Allan Tsao leads it; Eugene and Antonio work the bench. Antonio trained at Towson's bench under Hartwig Balke and George Thomas, and is now one of BWC's lead watchmakers — handling assembly, regulation, service, and long-term care for every Towson Watch.
Current Towson references, available now. Each is built to order, assembled and regulated by hand in Maryland in an edition of one hundred — and once a reference is retired, it is never made again.
Moonphase & full calendar · Ref. MM250-2
Hand-cut sterling silver dial · HALF-SKELLY
China Clipper tribute · Ref. CC100
The Towson signature · Ref. M250-2
Wrist-compass GMT · Ref. NP250
Tonneau, salmon guilloché · Ref. EP250-C
Towson builds in a handful of collections, each rooted in something real — the Chesapeake, American flight, the rivers of the Eastern Shore. Every reference is an edition of one hundred, then retired for good. Begin with one. Collectors rarely stop there.
The cornerstone — clean, architectural, unmistakably Towson.
Born from a chronograph flown aboard Space Shuttle STS-99. American flight, on the wrist.
Named for the Bay's last working sailboats — Maryland in its bones.
A tribute to the golden age of American aircraft.
Dials engine-turned by hand in Pforzheim — the rarest expression of the collective.
A collaborative American moonphase, built on RGM's architecture. The newest chapter.
Each Towson Watch is an original, built to the highest grade, in an edition of one hundred — then retired for good. Acquire a single reference, or begin collecting the whole. There is no retail layer between the workshop and the collector, and there never will be. Explore the collections, or speak with us about a commission.