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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...

1919 Grade 219

The Mark

1919 South Bend Watch Grade 219 Mark with his gorgeous new watch

Truly one of a kind. Large, striking numerals with a unique typeface. Gold textured sunken area i...

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...

Openface with 17 jewels

1912 Grade 215

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

Openface with 17 jewels

1913 Grade 217

1913 South Bend Watch Grade 217 Cracked and chipped dial

Will need a new dial. This one has many chips and cracks. This is a good running movement with be...

Openface with 21 jewels

1909 Grade 229

1909 South Bend Watch Grade 229 Montgomery Dial on a The Studebaker

Perhaps one of our favorite dials is the Montgomery. That combined with a The Studebaker movement...

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 15 jewels

1906 Grade 280

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

Hunting with 17 jewels

1912 Grade 212

1912 South Bend Watch Grade 212 Fancy dial with gold hands

Not yet converted, but can put it into a silver or gold case for you. The dial has a few hairline...

1922 Grade 227

The Tyler

1922 South Bend Watch Grade 227 Tyler with his watch

Tyler is one of many visitors to the South Bend Watch cave who ended up late to the next event in...

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...

1925 Grade 227

The Real McCoy

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Kenneth is a fan of Studebaker's like we are of South Bends. When he saw the only Studebaker conv...

1913 Grade 217

The Kyle

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@oconnorkyle owns the local marketing agency @alphadogagency.  He’s a transplant from somewhere ...

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...

1924 Grade 227

The Tim

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Tim has a great wife. So great in fact that she bought him this for their 1 year anniversary. Pre...

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

1907 Grade 290

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

Hunting with 17 jewels

1913 Grade 212

1913 South Bend Watch Grade 212 Simple white and black dial

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

Openface with 17 jewels

1911 Grade 217

1911 South Bend Watch Grade 217 IMG_7497.jpeg

Missing dial and hands. Someday we'll get this fixed up and ready to go.

Openface with 17 jewels

1928 Grade 211

1928 South Bend Watch Grade 211 Gold shimmery dial in pocket watch case

This dial. Wow. A hint of gold and texture with a flat top 3 and one of our favorite 7 numerals. 

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...

Openface with 21 jewels

1922 Grade 227

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Off white dial with huge bold numerals. Quite the looker. Not converted yet, but can easily be pu...

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. 

Hunting with 15 jewels

1911 Grade 204

1911 South Bend Watch Grade 204 The Front

Beautiful fancy dial with gold hands. Freshly serviced and keeping nearly perfect time. The movem...

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 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 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 ...

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...

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. 

1912 Grade 212

The Rex

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Rex came to me by way of Michael Yoder. Over the holidays he saw Michael’s watch and decided he n...

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.

Hunting with 17 jewels

1909 Grade 212

1909 South Bend Watch Grade 212 Movement in pocket watch case

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. 

Openface with 17 jewels

1912 Grade 223

1912 South Bend Watch Grade 223 IMG_7527.jpeg

Perhaps one of our favorite dials is the Montgomery. That combined with a The Studebaker movement...

Hunting with 15 jewels

1910 Grade 204

1910 South Bend Watch Grade 204 IMG_7491.jpeg

Needs service, but what a beautiful and unique dial. Once I get it running well I'll convert it t...

Openface with 21 jewels

1909 Grade 229

1909 South Bend Watch Grade 229 South Bend Montgomery Dial "The Studebaker"

Matt loved his first watch so much that he bought a second. This time he got a "driver" and even ...

Openface with 19 jewels

1921 Grade 219

1921 South Bend Watch Grade 219 Dial

Beautiful light gold color dial with a subtle texture. Bold and large typeface with black hands. ...

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 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 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...

1909 Grade 204

The Ethan

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I’ve had this fancy 1909 for a few months now. If you’ve been following along, you might even r...

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...

1910 Grade 204

The Todd

1910 South Bend Watch Grade 204 Todd Cramer

A few months ago Todd knew nothing about South Bend. He flew in to town to get to know the crew a...

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...

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.

Openface with 17 jewels

1912 Grade 215

1912 South Bend Watch Grade 215 Movement in pocket watch case

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

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

1923 Grade 219

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A montgomery dial on a less expensive movement. Just let us know if this tickles your fancy and w...

Openface with 21 jewels

1928 Grade

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Love this dial but it is crown set and doesn't seem to like the wrist cases. I'll keep trying tho...

Openface with 21 jewels

1909 Grade 229

1909 South Bend Watch Grade 229 Montgomery Dial

Matt Graham bought this for a friend and a matching one for himself. Great idea Matt! Glad we c...

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...

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...

1909 Grade 212

The Yoder

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Michael (better known as Yoder IRL and @michaelyoder81 on IG) is the founder of Truth Work Media ...

1912 Grade 229

The Corey

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A "The Studebaker" that made a fantastic wedding anniversary present.

1910 Grade 212

The Luis

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@barberluis_ is the owner of Beltran Barbershop, which is THE place to get a hair cut (or beard t...

1910 Grade 204

The John

1910 South Bend Watch Grade 204 Studebaker Two Ways

I'm one of the founders here and this is my favorite South Bend. It was completely revamped by Fr...

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