The Horological Society of New York (HSNY), America's oldest watchmaking guild, founded in 1866, announces today "Early American Pocket Watches," a revolutionary exhibit showcasing a collection of pocket watches that helped shape the history of timekeeping in early America. The exhibit officially opens on January 9 and will be on display through December 2025.
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This post is part of a series, Reading Time at HSNY, written HSNY's librarians. Today's post was jointly written by Dr. Miranda Marraccini and St John Karp.
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Photo above: Pocket watch by John Wright, New York City, ca. 1715, the earliest known American watch.
A watch was one of the most expensive consumer goods that one could buy in early America. They were a technical mystery that embodied the very height of craftsmanship, fashion, and artistry in the world, and…