Towson Classic #3

Edition & Provenance

• Reference — TCG100-3
• Edition — Limited Edition #3, TWC x Benzinger, 18k rose gold; 100 pieces, serials 1–100
• Status — Retired — production complete; no longer offered for sale
• Serial number — Engraved on the caseback
• Watchmakers — Hartwig Balke, George Thomas; dial guilloché by Jochen Benzinger
• Warranty — Two years from original purchase, covering service and repair
• Service — Service and repair for every Towson watch, including retired references, through Baltimore Watch Company, Baltimore, MD

Movement

• Caliber — Swiss ETA/Unitas 6498 manual-wind, hand-skeletonized · 17 jewels · about 36-hour reserve
• Functions — Hours, minutes, sweep seconds
• Regulation — Adjusted to five positions, ±10 seconds per day
• Decoration — Rose-gold-plated base plate, heat-blued screws, skeletonized and engraved rhodium-plated bridges, guilloché wheels; gold bridge engraved with the TWC shield and signature

Case

• Material and size — 18k rose gold · 40 mm · 11 mm thick · 20 mm lugs
• Finish — High-polish; serial 1–100 engraved on the back
• Crystal — Domed sapphire front; sapphire exhibition back
• Crown — Enlarged push-pull crown with hand-machined grip
• Water resistance — 30 m (3 ATM)
• Made in — Dial engraved in Pforzheim, Germany; assembled and regulated in Maryland

Dial & Hands

• Dial — Frosted sterling silver ring with engine-turned detail, rose-engine hand-guilloché by Jochen Benzinger; printed branding with Benzinger signature at 9; sub-dial for seconds
• Markers — Roman numerals
• Hands — Rhodium sword-shaped

Strap

• Delivered on — Light brown, dark brown or black crocodile leather with deployment clasp · 20 mm