THE FOUND DIAL
A photographer, collector, and perpetual treasure hunter drawn to the stories, mechanics, and forgotten watches worth carrying forward.
The Found Dial began with a fascination for watches, but just as much with the hunt that comes before them. Flea markets, antique stores, estate sales, online auctions, forgotten boxes—those are the places where the interesting ones tend to surface. As a professional photographer who travels often, I found myself searching in new cities almost everywhere I went, looking for the watches that had been passed over, neglected, or simply needed someone willing to look a little closer. The goal was never to build a collection of perfect watches. It was to find the ones with character, history, and something still worth uncovering.
The Found Dial grew from that idea into a place where those watches could be researched, restored, documented, and eventually passed along to someone who will appreciate the next chapter. I am especially drawn to mechanical watches because they were designed to be maintained, repaired, and kept alive—a philosophy that feels increasingly rare. Every watch offered here is approached with respect for what it already is, not an attempt to make it look artificially new. The history matters. The wear matters. The story matters. The Found Dial is about finding something overlooked, understanding why it deserves to continue, and putting it back into the world with purpose.
THE PHOTOGRAPHER
Photography has always been about more than making something look good. I love the challenge of capturing a person or object in a way that makes someone stop, look closer, and appreciate details they may have otherwise missed. With watches, that means the texture of an aged dial, the wear on a case, the architecture of a movement, and the small marks left behind by decades of use. The goal is not to make a watch look like something it is not, but to photograph it in a way that reveals why it deserves attention in the first place.
THE COLLECTOR
My desk and shelves have become a collection of places I’ve been, people I’ve met, and objects that meant enough to keep. That same instinct is what draws me to watches—the stories they carry matter as much as the object itself.
THE RESTORER
Restoration is where curiosity becomes hands-on understanding—opening, cleaning, testing, and carefully bringing a watch back into service. I’m less interested in making something look new than preserving what makes it original and giving it the chance to keep going.
