Elegants, dandies, and flâneurs from the turn of the century before last were often seen wearing them. Scientists, horology nerds, and perhaps the odd historian collect them. The pocket watch.
It is said to have started in Nuremberg sometime in the early 1500s, in the workshop of locksmith and clockmaker Peter Henlein. And as long as it's wound in time, it has never really stopped.
At Auktionsmagasinet Vänersborg, we’re invited to explore A Collector’s Pocket Watches. Seventeen lots are on offer, including several American models, one from Paris, and another from the Halda Pocket Watch Factory in little Svängsta, Sweden. The materials are silver and gold—but which one you prefer is purely a matter of taste.
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