1882
1882
"The first watch of a city that never sleeps."
As seen in
- Engraved by hand, to keep
- Wind it like they used to
- Brass chain that gets noticed
- Domed glass, catches the light
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Made for someone who carries a pocket watch into a meeting.
This is the watch you carry in a waistcoat, set on a desk between meetings, and one day hand to someone who has earned it. It is heavy in the hand. It opens with intention. It does not interrupt.
The details a railway timekeeper would recognise.
Open it and people lean in. The hand-engraved case and white-enamel dial look like something handed down, not something bought, and the question it draws is the kind that starts a story. The hands keep the quiet patience of another century.
Why they chose EPOCH
Like wearing a year
“It feels like wearing a piece of the year it's named after. The era settles into the wrist, and that's what stays with you.”
The detail is the point
“I bought it for the build. The detail is what stays. The dial, the case, the small things you only catch the second time you look.”
A collection, not a watch
“I bought one. A month later I wanted another decade. They turned what was a single purchase into a collection. I wasn't planning to start one.”
The year the city learned to live by electricity.
Thomas Edison flipped the switch at Pearl Street on September 4th, 1882. By morning, eighty-five customers in lower Manhattan had electric light, and one corner of the modern world had quietly turned on. Across the Atlantic, gas lamps still ruled, but a gentleman who carried a pocket watch had already begun to feel the shift.
Robert Louis Stevenson was sketching the first pages of Treasure Island. Trains still ran on coal. A pocket watch on a chain was the only piece of technology a man kept on him at all times.
Timeless in every detail
Japanese quartz, accurate to 15 sec/month. 3-year battery included.
Every curve studied from the year it carries.
Full-grain Italian leather, hand-stitched for all-day comfort.
Each piece carefully inspected and packaged before it ships.
The Anatomy
- Case Size
- 50mm pocket case
- Case Material
- Hand-engraved brass, aged patina
- Dial
- White enamel, black Roman nums
- Movement
- Hand-wound mechanical
- Crystal
- Mineral, domed
- Strap
- Brass pocket chain (40cm)
- Weight
- 85g (case + chain)
