Vortic · Microbrand · United States

Vortic American Artisan Series 45mm

In production

Vortic Springfield 132 (45mm), one-off piece with an Illinois dial, blued hands and sub-seconds, crown at 12, on brown leather
Photo: Vortic
  • Vortic Springfield 132 (45mm), display caseback showing its Illinois pocket-watch movement
  • Vortic Chicago 122 (45mm), one-off piece with a matte silver Elgin dial and sandblasted steel case
From $2,800 to $6,600
  • Hand-wound
  • 45 mm
  • Sapphire crystal
  • 10 m water resistance

Movement

Caliber
Hand-wound, caliber not identified
Type
Hand-wound
Tier
—
Complications
Time only
Frequency
—
Power reserve
—
Hacking
—
Accuracy (factory)
—

Case

Diameter
45 mm
Lug to lug
—
Thickness
—
Lug width
22 mm
Material
—
Hardening
—
Water resistance
10 m
Crown
—
Case back
Display
Bezel
—

Crystal & dial

Crystal
Sapphire
Shape
—
Anti-reflective
—
Lume
—

Bracelet

Bracelet
—

Straps

Strap 1
Leather, US-made leather straps; product pages describe a custom range made with Worn & Wound (based on its Windup Model 2 Premium strap, 15 colours including two Horween Shell Cordovan). Colour and buckle (steel or bronze) vary by piece.

Weight

Head only
—
On bracelet
—
On strap
—

Prices

VariantConfigurationTypePriceUSDAs ofSource
Springfield—Msrp4,500 USD$4,5002026-10-24link
Chicago—Msrp4,500 USD$4,5002026-10-24link
Lancaster—Msrp4,600 USD$4,6002026-10-24link
Boston—Msrp4,400 USD$4,4002026-10-24link
Cleveland—Msrp6,600 USD$6,6002026-10-24link
Burlington—Msrp4,100 USD$4,1002026-10-24link
Canton—Msrp4,400 USD$4,4002026-10-24link
Rockford—Msrp5,500 USD$5,5002026-10-24link
Indiana—Msrp2,800 USD$2,8002026-10-24link

Variants

Name
Springfield
Chicago
Lancaster
Boston
Cleveland
Burlington
Canton
Rockford
Indiana

About this entry

33% of key specs known. Missing: movement, lug-to-lug, thickness, weight, case material, hardening, AR coating, crown, lume, bracelet offered.

Vortic's American Artisan Series in the 45mm case, its main current size (listed since April 2023). Every piece is unique: Vortic restores an antique American pocket-watch movement (kept with its original dial and hands; Vortic dates them 1880s-1950s) and converts it into a wristwatch in a case it makes in Fort Collins, Colorado, so the specific watch, movement and price vary from piece to piece. Vortic names each series after the city where, or near where, the movement's maker was based. Variants are the series sold in this size. Each is priced from the cheapest piece of that series in 45mm for sale on 2026-10-24, or, when none was for sale, from the most recently listed sold piece, citing that piece's page. On that date the store listed 382 pieces in 45mm; 15 were for sale ($4,500-$5,100) and the rest are sold pieces Vortic keeps listed. Series (movement maker, as Vortic gives it), pieces listed, price range and the piece the price comes from: Springfield (Illinois Watch Company, Springfield, Illinois) 175, $2,300-$6,500, priced from a piece for sale (11 for sale at $4,500-$5,100); Chicago (Elgin Watch Company) 73, $2,400-$5,200, priced from the one piece for sale; Lancaster (Hamilton Watch Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania) 67, $3,000-$6,800, priced from a piece for sale (3 for sale at $4,600-$4,900); Boston (Waltham Watch Company) 42, $2,500-$6,200, latest sold piece (listed 2026); Cleveland (Ball Watch Company, whose movements Vortic says were made by Hamilton and Waltham) 7, $4,900-$6,600, latest sold piece (2025); Burlington (Burlington Watch Company, whose watches Vortic says were mostly made by Illinois) 6, $3,500-$4,300, latest sold piece (2024); Canton (Hampden Watch Company, later Dueber-Hampden, Canton, Ohio) 6, $1,500-$4,400, latest sold piece (2025); Rockford (Rockford Watch Company) 5, $3,500-$5,500, latest sold piece (2025); Indiana (South Bend Watch Company) 1, $2,800, the only piece (sold, 2023). The count includes The Springfield 160, whose title omits the size but whose spec table says 45mm. Status: Vortic's pages don't list the case sizes on offer (its watch builder is "taking a break" and the American Artisan Series page names no sizes), but 45mm pieces were for sale and listed as recently as October 2026, so it is recorded as in production. Movement: manual-wind 12-size pocket-watch movements; maker, grade, jewel count (17, 19 or 21) and year differ by piece, so no caliber is recorded. Vortic's spec tables give about 36 hours' power reserve. Specs recorded are those every 45mm spec table sampled agrees on (18 pieces, 2023-2026): 1 ATM water resistance, sapphire crystals front and back (display caseback), and 22mm lug width (nine tables give it; five others list a 22mm strap). Case material and finish vary by piece (the current "Version 3" case in machined, sandblasted or tumbled stainless steel, one table saying 316L; titanium; bronze; DLC-coated steel; mixed-metal bezels), so they are left blank. Crown position varies: at 12 o'clock, where it was on the pocket watch, or at 3 on pieces whose movement has been turned. The nine tables that give dimensions all say 12mm thick and 55mm lug-to-lug, but Vortic's tables appear to reuse these figures across sizes (a 43mm piece lists the same), so they are left blank. Vortic's American Artisan Series page still describes earlier cases (3D-printed titanium) and Corning Gorilla Glass crystals; the current product spec tables say sapphire, which is recorded.

Last verified: 2026-10-24. Edit or correct this entry.

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