Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Music by: Bensound
License code: F51FIWE1GYB0RKUO
Special thanks to those interviewed! In order of appearance:
Leigh Extence, | International Chapter 195, UK
Evelyn Slough | Chapter 124, Dallas Texas
Brad Duppstadt | Brent Miller, Lancaster Pennsylvania
Bob Frishman | Massachusetts
Seth Kennedy | London UK
Phil Welsh | Chapter 87, Massachusetts
Music by: Bensound
License code: F51FIWE1GYB0RKUO
Special thanks to those interviewed! In order of appearance:
Leigh Extence, | International Chapter 195, UK
Evelyn Slough | Chapter 124, Dallas Texas
Brad Duppstadt | Brent Miller, Lancaster Pennsylvania
Bob Frishman | Massachusetts
Seth Kennedy | London UK
Phil Welsh | Chapter 87, Massachusetts










![Thomas Tompion Pocket Watch
We had to photograph this c. 1699 Thomas Tompion pocket watch for an upcoming edition of the NAWCCs Watch & Clock Bulletin and, as we were setting up the shot, it decided to serenade us with some gentle ticking...amazing.
Pocket Watch, c. 1699, Thomas Tompion. Full plate fusee verge movement engraved on top plate Tho. Tompion London 2981, balance cock with pierced foot and table with streamers, Tompion regulator, Egyptian pillars, key wind from back, round pendant with stirrup bow. Gold champleve dial has hours in Roman numerals and minutes in Arabic numbers. Inscribed Tompion London in center of face. Plain gold pair cases. Interior of both inner and outer cases are engraved with initials, WS [William Sherwood], London hallmark for 1699, serial number 2981.
Object ID: BS27.328 Thomas Tompion Pocket Watch](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ws8GIkfmeJM/mqdefault.jpg)