Towson Watch Company · The Collections
Seven collections, one house
Every Towson watch belongs to a collection, and every collection begins with something real: a shuttle flight, a schooner, a river, a flying boat. Each is its own watch, with its own case and movement, in numbered editions of 100 per dial color.
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Maryland, since 1998
The collections
Where each one begins
Two sailors founded Towson in Annapolis in 1998: George Thomas, a master watchmaker, and Hartwig Balke, an engineer. What they built since falls into seven collections. They share a standard and a place, and they differ in case, movement and purpose.
Space
Mission
Begins with
The Towson chronograph worn aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-99, February 2000.
The watches
MISSION, MISSION MOON, COCKPIT.
Inside
ETA 7750 and Valjoux 7751 automatic chronographs in round steel cases, 38 and 42 mm.
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The Bay
CHOPTANK & TALBOT
Begins with
The beacons that mark the shallows of Maryland's Choptank River.
The watches
CHOPTANK, Benzinger CHOPTANK, TALBOT.
Inside
Tonneau steel cases. Valjoux 7751 full-calendar chronograph, or Sellita SW200-1 time and date.
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The Bay
Pride & SKIPJACK
Begins with
The schooner Pride of Baltimore II and the Chesapeake's oyster boats.
The watches
Pride II, SKIPJACK GMT.
Inside
A triangular 39 × 44 mm case on the ETA 2892-A2, and a round 40.5 mm GMT on the ETA 2893-2.
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The Bay
Potomac
Begins with
The river that flows into the Chesapeake, and the harbor pilots who guide ships into Baltimore.
The watches
POTOMAC, BAY PILOT, Benzinger POTOMAC.
Inside
Hand-wound Unitas 6498 movements in round 42 mm steel cases.
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The Air
Pilot
Begins with
The Martin M-130 China Clipper, the Baltimore-built flying boat that opened transpacific commercial flight in 1935.
The watches
MARTIN M-130, NORTH•er.
Inside
An automatic pilot's chronograph, and an ETA 2893-2 GMT that reads as a wrist compass.
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Service
Field
Begins with
The field watch as a tool, in colors taken from army field uniforms.
The watches
RECRUIT, CADET.
Inside
Swiss automatics in 40 mm steel cases, regulated in Baltimore.
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The Bench
Towson × Benzinger
Begins with
The founders' work with engraver Jochen Benzinger of Pforzheim.
The watches
Towson Classic, the skeleton pieces, Benzinger CHOPTANK and POTOMAC.
Inside
Hand guilloché dials and skeletonized, engraved movements.
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