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12/06/2024

01/24/2024

New and old....Classic CSAR (Chronograph Search and Rescue) with rescue orange strap. The CSAR is hand assembled in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.

The CSAR is sitting on a classic stereo receiver that was also hand assembled in Binghamton, NY, USA by the McIntosh Laboratory. The Mac 1500 was their first receiver and is a hybrid utilizing vacuum tube output and FM tuning coupled with a transistor pre-amplification.

The MAC 1500 is from 1966 and the CSAR chronograph is from 2023. Old and new classics!

06/18/2022

JSAR is a super watch....

03/25/2022

Check out the new arctic TSAR just released. This is available from us and can be yours!

11/16/2021

Here is some important news. Marathon Watch Co. has advised Authorized retailers that there will be price increases starting on January 4, 2022.
"This is due to current rising costs of raw materials and logistics, we have steadily been incurring significant increases from our suppliers and have not been passing these increases to you.
With that being said, we can no longer absorb these increases and are forced to pass them along."
This is unfortunate but necessary. It is still over a month away. I recommend that if there is a model and/or accessory that you are interested in adding to your personal collection and you'd like to save a substantial amount, please contact us so that we can help get you the watch you want. Click here to view models at current prices -->

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10/04/2021

Marathon general purpose quartz watch made in Switzerland. Tom Brady and frog not included.

09/06/2021

Be sure to check out our site periodically for new models and cool pre-owned timepieces.

08/08/2021

Hefty yet not too heavy, the Marathon GSAR is a very rugged, Swiss made and accurate time piece powered by a 26 jewel automatic movement. It is one of our most popular watches.

Check it out:
https://windycitywatchcollector.com/shop/wristwatch/marathon-watches/marathon-gsar/

08/01/2021

Historically significant Chronometer watch (as displayed at Chelsea clock exhibit, NAWCC National, Hampton, VA, 2021)....
Hamilton model 22 Chronometer Watch (CW). The model 22 was designed and built to meet the needs of the U.S. Navy in W.W. II. It is a 35 size, 21 jewel lever escapement chronometer that utilizes many of the timekeeping refinements that made Hamilton's Railroad watches superior timekeepers. This example is the pocket watch version and is housed in a 5 part base metal case, padded wood interior case and outer wood carrying case. The model 22 is considered by many horologists to be the finest mass produced lever escapement timepiece ever produced. Hamilton engineers solved many problems that had plagued watchmakers for years such as middle temperature error and produced a portable chronometer watch that was quite simply extraordinary and on a par with detent escapement full size marine chronometers.
This chronometer watch is grouped with the original paperwork, Naval Observatory issue card and timing record, showing it was issued in 1945 to the USS Talladega (APA/LPA-208) which was an attack transport nicknamed, "The Tremblin' T". Four Marines pictured in Joe Rosenthal's famous flag-raising photograph debarked from Talladega to climb Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. Talladega also participated in the Okinawa campaign and was the first of the 31 Ship Convoy with occupation troops to dock at Yokohama on VJ Day, 2 September 1945.

02/25/2021

Hi all -- Here is grouping of some new and some vintage Marathon timepieces. Some of the vintage watches have been retired or were prototypes. One is joining the family today. Enjoy! , , , , , , , , , , ,