Mechanical stopwatch in NYC?

March 29, 2011 6:00 AM

Anyone know of a place in NYC to buy classic-looking, quality mechanical stopwatches like these and this. Hanhart and Tag-Heuer still make them but I'm having a hard time finding a local store that carries them.
posted by mister nice to Shopping (3 answers total)

I used to collect these. You can sometimes find them at watch dealers at the local flea markets (used to be easier when Chelsea had the vast market, maybe try the Brooklyn version?), but most pocket watch collectors aren't interested in stopwatches so they're hard to come by. If you ask the vintage watch-repair guy in Grand Central Station to keep an eye open, they can often have good leads.

To be honest, I have had much more luck and found better variety through eBay.
posted by Mchelly at 6:16 AM on March 29, 2011

Response by poster: Thanks Mchelly, but I need the stopwatch by Thursday and am not too confident I could get one through eBay by then.
posted by mister nice at 10:17 AM on March 29, 2011

Maybe check out Paragon Sports -- I vaguely remember browsing their watch/stopwatch collection years ago and their website shows that they offer at least one, not sure of the quality.
posted by backwords at 10:36 AM on March 29, 2011