Can anyone tell me if they know of a place or vendor that sells replica pocket watches from in or around our period? The Slimmer ones are all over the internet but I...
David L. replied:
Seems a stretch for anyone other than a ship owner or captain, and even then wouldn't it be more of a ship's chron in a box belowdecks? Outrageously expensive and difficult to maintain, with only an hour hand before the 1670's. Possibly a turnip style with a replaced face might look fairly period? https://vergefusee.com/watches-and-movements-by-century/17 th-century-2/