George Thomas grew up as an adventurous, traveling Jack of all trades. Originally from Czech Slovakia, Thomas decided to leave his home country in 1948 for a land of more opportunity. A skilled watchmaker by trade, Thomas planned an intercontinental move to a place where he was promised work at the …
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WatchmakerHartwig Balke
Hartwig Balke spent his childhood squeezing his nose up against jewelry store windows in Ruhr Valley & Dusseldorf, Germany, to see the watches on display. Since he can remember, Balke has had a deep love of watches and what makes them tick – a love which eventually drove him to pursue an …
HandcraftedFrom Start to Finish
Each Towson Watch Company timepiece is handcrafted by both George Thomas and Hartwig Balke, two adventurous engineers with a combined 90 years of experience in watchmaking. Exercising skills from Balke’s German engineering education and Thomas’s meticulous attention to detail, Towson Watch Company …