What makes the Springfield 482 unique: Today, we’re excited to present you this sophisticated timepiece originally produced by the Illinois Watch Company in 1922 — the Springfield 482. The watch’s dial features a breathtaking center design as well as aged, dark numerals atop its light-tan background. The front of the watch also displays dark-gray diamond kite hands with a touch of blue. We matched this elegant watch with our glimmering Machined Titanium case and equipped it with a luxurious-looking gold-plated crown, making the piece even more stunning. Our Machined Titanium case has an open back that exhibits the pocket watch’s 405-grade open-face movement with a nickel finish, pendant setting, and going barrel. The watch also boasts a stylish “Sterling” label engraving as well as bronze-plated gears powered by 17 jewels throughout its center bridge plate. To top it all off, we equipped the piece with our comfortable and stylish Stout leather watch strap, adding even more elegance to the final watch. The Illinois Watch Company initially produced the Springfield 482’s pocket watch in Springfield, Illinois, in 1922 — the same year that DeWitt and Lila Bell Wallace founded the Reader’s Digest magazine. DeWitt Wallace began compiling articles to formulate the first Reader’s Digest issue while recovering from a shrapnel wound he suffered in World War I. When first starting the magazine, the Wallaces hoped to earn a net profit of $5000, but the magazine was such a success that it made a gross annual income of $900,000 — over $15 million in 2022 — by 1929.