National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors

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The National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (NAWCC), based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is a non-profit association of watch enthusiasts and watch collectors with around 25,000 members worldwide.

The NAWCC was founded in 1943 by members of the Horological Society of New York and the Philadelphia Watchmakers' Guild who wanted to create a national organization.

The approximately 18,000 members are currently organized in 175 individual "chapters" (sections) that can relate to a location or a special area of ​​interest. So is z. B. “Chapter 2” the New York section and the Early American Watch Club “Chapter 149”. The vast majority of the “chapters” are in the United States, some in Canada and Australia (which do not have national watch collectors' associations), and a few are in the rest of the world.

Every year towards the end of October, the so-called Ward Francillion Time Symposium is held, an event at which important speakers present their special topic and their research results.

A bi- monthly publication, the NAWCC Bulletin combines educational articles on timing with internal news from the association. Local, regional and national meetings are held.

In 1977 the National Watch and Clock Museum in Columbia , Pennsylvania was founded by the NAWCC. It houses a large clock collection and with the National Watch and Clock Library one of the most important libraries for clock literature worldwide. The association's headquarters are also in Columbia. The NAWCC has also maintained the School of Horology there since 1995 , a school where watchmakers are trained and educated.

See also

The big sister organizations with similar goals are:

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