Cave

In 2022 I became obsessed with mechanical watches. My friend told me that South Bend, IN (where I live) had a watch company back in the day. I did some research and sure enough they did – from 1902-1929.

I bought my first pocket watch converted to a wrist watch that night on eBay. I started wearing it around town and everyone wanted to know how they could get one. So I figured out how to convert 100 year old 16s South Bend pocket watches to wrist watches and started connecting people with these old beauties.

I had been selling them out of my office in my house when it hit me that I had a 1900's bar in my basement (built by the original owner of the house). Duh. Makes way more sense to sell 1900's watches in a 1900's bar. So I went all in and bought old memorabilia like ads, signs and manuals to decorate the place.

I call it the South Bend Watch Cave™. 😂 You can check out the quick video below or peruse the website (built in Rails).