The Springfield 326 is the 326th one-of-a-kind piece in Vortic's "Springfield" line of the American Artisan Series. This watch contains the original movement (timepiece), dial (face), and hands from a vintage (1880’s – 1950’s) pocket watch. The American Artisan Series is a line of fully American Made wristwatches powered by restored, U.S. made pocket watch movements.

What makes the Springfield 326 Unique: The Illinois Autocrat is one of our favorite movement models. Typically the engraving is vibrant and beautiful, but this particular movement has a unique level of patina. We tried to keep it as close to "as found" as possible by restoring the movement but not polishing it or the dial. You can see the patina on the dial as well, so we assume this dial and movement was orphaned from its pocket watch case for a very long time. We tried to feature the movement in our simple black case with classic nickel hardware.

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