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Watches by the South Bend Watch Company that have went through our hands.

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1906 Grade 280

The Edward

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Seianna, Edward’s wife, wanted to get him a watch. Orlando, her co-worker at Transformation Minis...

1906 Grade 280

The Dad

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South Bend couldn't make a watch fancy enough for my dad, Brian Nunemaker. But this one is as clo...

1918 Grade 407

Wilk, the 2nd

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Chris Wilkinson, owner of The Wilk, told me of this flat top 8 dial he's seen. He asked me to kee...

Hunting with 17 jewels

1907 Grade 290

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Chipped and cracked dial. Someday we'll get this fixed up and ready for a wrist.

Openface with 21 jewels

1926 Grade

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Another 12s in John's personal collection. Big fans of the numerals and hands on this one.

Hunting with 17 jewels

1908 Grade 298

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Montgomery dial but instead of red at 5 minute markers it uses black. The weird thing is that the...

Hunting with 17 jewels

1908 Grade 290

1908 South Bend Watch Grade 290 Simple white, black and red dial with a scripty South Bend

This is a great runner and ready to be converted to a wrist watch. 

Openface with 21 jewels

1925 Grade

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This is a 12s in a wrist case. I bought it simply so I'd have a case that fit 12s South Bends. 12...

1905 Grade 291

The Dave

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Dave didn't even know that we existed until he received this watch as a Christmas gift from his f...

1908 Grade 280

The Murphy

1908 South Bend Watch Grade 280 Kyle

The world needs a little more detail. At least that’s what Kyle and I think.  Detail is what dre...

1908 Grade 290

The Ukraine Skeleton

1908 South Bend Watch Grade 290 Front

In December 2021, I bought this 100+ year old watch. Originally, it was a pocket watch created by...

1907 Grade 280

The Jonathan

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Jerry came to me by way of Orlando. At this point I need to promote Orlando to sales but that’s a...

Openface with 21 jewels

1926 Grade

1926 South Bend Watch Front View

Winds and runs great. Heavily modded stunner. This is definitely a custom dial by whoever convert...

1907 Grade 280

The Kory

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Kory toured the South Bend Watch Cave™ with Orlando. He founded Transformation Ministries, where ...

Hunting with 17 jewels

1905 Grade 290

1905 South Bend Watch Grade 290 Chipped dial

Chipped dial that will need swapped. Someday we'll get this fixed up and ready for a wrist.

Openface with 19 jewels

1921 Grade 429

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Breguet hands. Gold numerals. Just gorgeous. John will be keeping this in his personal collection...

Hunting with 7 jewels

1906 Grade 260

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Use to be a fancy dial but I swapped to a simple and clean white with large bold numerals. Missin...

Hunting with 17 jewels

1904 Grade 340

Bought from studebakertoys.com. Sold it as I have no use for 18s currently. Unsure who owns it now.

1903 Grade 160

The pre-flight

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December 17, 1903. The scene is Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.  The Wright brothers just completed ...

1909 Grade 299

The RJ

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Ron and I go way back. He and my dad have been business partners (Oak Prairie Farms) for 35 years...

1908 Grade 298

The Caleb

1908 South Bend Watch Grade 298 Caleb

Was it the history or peer pressure that stirred Caleb to purchase this beauty?  I’d guess a lit...

1907 Grade 280

The Love

1907 South Bend Watch Grade 280 Proud new owner

This story has a lot of love in it. Literally. It starts in the 1930's when Stephen Love's gran...

Hunting with 7 jewels

1910 Grade 260

1910 South Bend Watch Grade 260 Simple Black and White Dial with neat hands

Simple black and white dial with breguet numerals and interesting hands. Also a great runner. 

Hunting with 17 jewels

1906 Grade 290

1906 South Bend Watch Grade 290 Front in pocket watch case

Fantastic shape and a great runner. This simple black and white dial with bold numerals is timele...

Hunting with 15 jewels

1906 Grade 280

1906 South Bend Watch Grade 280 Front of movement

Now missing dial and hands. Someday we'll get this fixed up and ready for a wrist.

Hunting with 15 jewels

1909 Grade 280

1909 South Bend Watch Grade 280 Cracked and chipped fancy dial

Love this movement though the dial needs a swap and missing second hand. A good runner. 

Hunting with 15 jewels

1906 Grade 280

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Missing dial and hands. Hoping to get it fixed up for conversion someday.

1905 Grade 290

The Anthony

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A mechanical watch for a mechanical engineer. Chatting with Anthony about why he was interested i...

Openface with 15 jewels

1907 Grade 331

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Opulent? Some would say so. But I think this is the best dial I’ve bought so far.  At 18s, it is...

1908 Grade 280

The Wilk

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From Ohio to South Bend, Chris followed the path of the South Bend watch company (just a hundred ...

1908 Grade 280

The Jeff

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Jeff is a fellow partner at Box Out Sports and an extremely nice human being.  He’s the kind of ...

Openface with 19 jewels

1920 Grade 429

1920 South Bend Watch Grade 429 Front View

This is a gorgeous conversion completed by my new friends at Vortic. They loved how passionate I ...

Hunting with 15 jewels

1906 Grade 280

1906 South Bend Watch Grade 280 Aaron Pursel South Bend Watch Company Dial

Occasionally, the South Bend watch company would swap "South Bend" on the dial for a jewelers nam...

1908 Grade 290

The Orlando

1908 South Bend Watch Grade 290 Orlando and his classy 1908 roman numeral

Orlando Mendez stumbled on us and became obsessed. He devoured our Instagram and reached out vi...

Hunting with 15 jewels

1906 Grade 280

1906 South Bend Watch Grade 280 Cracked and chipped dial

Too many chips and cracks, but I can swap a new dial on this easily if you like the movement.

Openface with 19 jewels

1914 Grade 429

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Vibrant and gorgeous gold dial on this 12s. John's kept it as a pocket watch for his personal col...

1906 Grade 280

The Graham

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Matt and I have known each other for a long time (22 years). I remember him explaining (in colle...

1908 Grade 280

The Ryan

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Ryan stopped in a few nights ago to check out the inventory (after seeing The Caleb) and left aft...

1906 Grade 280

The Steve

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The latest to join the #southbendwatchfam — @orderedlist. This is a 1906 Model 1 I snagged onli...

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Every watch that we've got our hands on at one point or another filtered by years, grades, jewels and sizes.
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