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This page contains links to web sites and pages having to do with Horology and other neat stuff. The information is divided into the following categories:

• Horology: Vintage Retailers
• Horology: Current Timepieces
• Horology: Resources
• Horology: Repair
• Other Neat stuff

Vintage Retailers

This is list of vintage timepiece sellers:

• Antique Vintage Watches -- Nice selection of vintage Hamilton watches.
• FTG Watch -- Philip Gore's site from Australia.  Nicely done.
• GI-Watch -- Joe Miller, an avid military collector, has a list of military watches for sale and trade.
• Girards -- Another great Mid-west US web site.
• The Hack Watch -- Interesting military watch site run by Dr. Ed Roke.
• Joseph-watches -- Vintage Watches in finest condition, overhauled and guaranteed.
• The Last Wind-up -- Great store located in Bozeman, MT.
• Little Cogs -- J E Allnutt & Son specialize in the sale and restoration of vintage watches and antique clocks.
• Miles Watches -- Interesting site that features vintage pocket watches and chronometers. 
• Northern Time -- Canada's Leading Buyer Of   Fine Watches.
• Old Father Time -- Specializing in the Repair and Restoration of Vintage Accutrons.
• Time Factors -- Nice UK site. 
• René Rondeau -- René is the leading authority on Hamilton electric wristwatches.
• Scuba Watch -- Run by Clayton Rawn in the Chicagoland area.  Beautiful photos!  Take a look.  
• Watch Cat -- Jon Schaffer specializes in vintage and antique pocket watches and wrist watches since 1999. He has many satisfied customers.
• Watchband.biz - Specializes in Quality Leather Straps, Stainless Steel Bracelets, Rubber Bands, Nylon Bands as well as Tools for Watch Band Replacement.
• What Time is It? --Unique collection of fine watches.
• Windy City Watch Collector -- Buy/Sell/Trade vintage timepieces including marine chronometers and military watches.   Extensive selection of horology books.

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New Watches/Timepieces

This is list of dealers of new timepieces:

• Ashford.com -- Best site on the net for new watches at good prices (Rolex, AP, Breitling, Cartier, Omega, Zenith, etc.)
• Midwest Watches - Titanium Watches -- Midwest Watches stocks a large selection of Titanium Watches from Seiko, Pulsar, and Wenger.
• More good stuff: WCWC -- Items I've recently purchased from Amazon.com and found to be a good value and/or way above norms in usefulness.

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Resources

This is a list of horology resources:

• Chronometer.net Bookstore -- Horology bookstore: Extensive selection of price guides, reference, history and repair books.
• Chelsea Clock Museum -- Nice Chelsea resource.
• The Discovery of Longitude, An Historical Account of Maritime Navigational Practice and the subsequent Invention of the Chronometer by Jonathan Medwin.  Excellent site!
• DowntoEarthJewelry: Directory of jewelry sites.
• Equation of Time -- Nicely run bulletin board.  No restrictions!
• Grandfatherclocks -- Establishment that carries Antique grandfather clocks in UK. 
• International Watch Works -- Jack specializes in restoring military watches.   
• Invar and elinvar -- Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1920 by Charles- E. Guillaume
• Jewelry Discount:  New jewelry...discounted!
• Mark II Watches -- This site is dedicated to serving wristwatch enthusiasts.  Operated by Bill Yao. 
• Military Watch Museum -- Nice military timepiece source.
• National Association of Watch And Clock Collectors (NAWCC) -- The largest horology organization in the world.
• WatchBlvd -- Site listing independant watch dealers.  Take a look.
• Watches--online.com --  Collection of watch and horology related resources.
• Watchfinder.net -- New site listing horology resources.
• Watchnet.com -- Nicely run bulletin board with many features.
• WatchUseek.com - Wristwatch Resource
• Worshipful Company of Clockmakers -- This is the London clockmakers' guild, founded in 1631.  Its famous Collection, open to the public at Guildhall Library in the City of London, includes such famous items as John Harrison's 5th marine timekeeper.
• Wrist Watches History Store -- History of wristwatches

• Carol Bernhardt Trio -- Classical Trio in central Ohio for that special occasion.
• Catster -- Here kitty kitty! Make a web page for your cat(s).
• Darkroomdave -- cool b&w photos from NYC street photographer.
• Dogpile.com -- One of my favorite search engine on the net.
• Horenstein & Horenstein Private Investigators -- Private Investigators, with 19 years of experience, specializing in the recovery of missing persons and property. 
• Invar and elinvar -- Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1920 by Charles- E. Guillaume.
• Myopticalshop.com -- I just bought a pair of glasses from this shop and they were an amazing deal for the money.  
•  NOAA: National Data Buoy Data Center: #45007 - S MICHIGAN 43NM East Southeast of Milwaukee, WI:   This is the current weather on Lake Michigan near where I live.
• Santuary Sound -- Well done sight by Mr. Ira White dedicated to church audio consulting and installations.  Based in Norfolk, VA.   
• Small Regiments -- Small Regiments provides military miniatures for collectors.
• St. Sixtus Abbey -- Located in the West Flanders area of Belgium.  
• Trio Alla Breve -- Based in Mansfield, OH, here is a nice trio that you can hire to play for that special occasion.
• WestPoint Graduates Against the War -- Sobering and relevant: "We stand appalled by the deceitful behavior of the government of the United States and, in particular, its widely known malefactors. Lying, cheating, stealing, delivering evasive statements and quibbling not only has demeaned these deceivers and the United States of America, but has placed vast numbers of innocent people in deadly peril. We will not serve the lies."
• William Hooper -- Interesting site describing one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence from the State of North Carolina.