Rpaige: A New Lease On Life For Magnificent Movements
It's difficult to pinpoint what is the highlight of the career of Richard Paige. He founded several watch stores, as well as Timezone.com, and he is a fourth generation watchmaker. Passion for watches runs deep with him, and that is making his current venture even more unique. First, we need to get back into time. In the late 1890's up until the early 1930's the pocket watch movement was in its prime, despite going those last decades through a significant decline in sales. The movements were perfected, robust, reliable, and utterly beautiful because in those days decorations mattered. There was also a different world order in the watch world, in which American manufacturers like Elgin, Illinois, Waltham and Hamilton reigned supreme. Times changed, pocket watches gone out of style; the…
