The Springfield 359 is the 359th 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 359 Unique: It is the uniqueness and rarity of a dial that often gets us excited in the shop, while a classic white dial is a timeless look there is something satisfying about a distinctive watch! The yellow-ish dial almost has a gold feel to it and while the numerals and markings are raised on the dial, they have faded a little in color actually matching the dial over time. To add to this special dial, on the right you can see an added sacred heart painted directly on the face. We have seen a handful of these dials with the illustrated bleeding heart and interestingly they are always painted never printed directly on the dial as the original design. We selected our DLC black cases to allow the gold features of this watch to pop along with our gold knurled crown. The soft Mojave strapped we chose added to the overall texture of this watch. The movement in this watch was produced in 1923 by the Illinois Watch Company and has 17jewels - 1923 was actually the year that Warner Brothers was established!

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