Richard Newman, Antiquarian Horologist (DeKalb, Illinois)
A watch was one of the most expensive consumer goods that one could buy in early America. They were a technical mystery that embodied the very height of craftsmanship, fashion, and artistry in the world, and conveyed one’s stature in society.
At the January 2025 lecture of the Horological Society of New York (HSNY), Antiquarian Horologist Richard Newman will introduce “Early American Pocket Watches,” HSNY’s latest exhibit that spans 125 years of American watchmaking. From the earliest known American-signed watch, made in about 1715, to watches made during the early Federal period after the War of Independence, Newman will take us on a journey through the beginnings of an era that laid the foundations for the American watch industry.
*Doors open at 5:30 PM ET, lecture to begin at 6 PM ET. RSVP is required.
** The lecture video will be available to members immediately, and to the general public following a two-month delay.
About Richard Newman
Richard Newman is Chair Emeritus and a Star Fellow of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (NAWCC), Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, and a Director of the American Clock & Watch Museum. He currently leads NAWCC’s British Horology Chapter and the USA Section of the Antiquarian Horology Society based in London. Newman has lectured and published articles on early clocks and watches in the U.S. and abroad and hosts a website on early watchmakers, colonialwatches.com, to promote research and education.