We are proud to announce that the 2024 LaViolette Watch Auction will be held in New York City through Christie’s Auction House this December. The live auction will take place on December 11th and the online auction December 4-13th.
We can’t wait to continue to share more details with you but for now, we are really excited to share two watch donations from Vortic Watches. Please check them out!
Originally Master Navigator pocket watches, these two Vortic Military Edition timepieces are truly pieces of American history. The original antique pocket watch movements were manufactured for the US Army Air Corps by the Hamilton Watch Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and used by navigators aboard B17s and other bomber aircraft during World War II.
History is once again being made as the craftsmen at the Vortic Watch Company in Fort Collins, Colorado have brought these two incredible pocket watches back to life, now as wristwatches. Almost 80 years after their original use, the master watchmakers at Vortic have painstakingly rebuilt the pocket watch movements and then precision-machined the wristwatch cases from the highest grade US steel and titanium.
John Krasinski in Season 4 of Jack Ryan wearing one of the watches that will be at Auction in December of 2024.
It seems fitting that both of these Vortic Military Edition watches were worn by John Krasinski and Michael Kelly, two of Hollywood’s leading men, who played the “good guys” as U.S. CIA Special Agents in seasons 3 and 4 of the Netflix series Jack Ryan. The watches were featured in dozens of action-packed scenes, even leaving marks on the watch cases and sweat stains on the leather bands as proof.
Michael Kelly, wore this Vortic Watch during season 3 and 4 of the series Jack Ryan.
Not to worry, if you are the lucky winning bidder, they’ve been completely serviced by Vortic’s watchmakers and are ready for you to write your own history for decades to come if you dare to wear them.
These watches not only represent the past, but they also will support a new generation of students.
Learn more about Vortic Watches on their website, https://vorticwatches.com/.
