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The Bozeman Watch Company is one of the few companies designing exclusive timepieces in the United States, where, today, such precision design and manufacture is essentially non-existent. When Christopher Wardle set out to design and manufacture the "Montana Class Watch Collection", he knew his original American marvels necessitated the finest movements available coupled with meticulous manufacturing techniques to attain a watch collection of unique and rare proportion, and so the BWC set their sights on brining the standards of Old World watch making excellence together with the innovative spirit of America.

Over many months of meetings, vision became design as words were transformed into intricately worked sketches and the inaugural timepieces of the "Montana Class Watch Collection" – the SmokeJumper Chronograph, the Sidewinder and Schofield, and complimentary men’s and women’s Gallatin – began to take shape. Armed with a design portfolio and an overwhelming enthusiasm for the new venture, Mr. Wardle traveled to Germany and Switzerland, literally showing up on doorsteps to interview prospective componentry suppliers.

Persistence paid dividends as relationships born of mutual respect began to develop and the many moving parts began to work in tandem. The sketches soon became prototypes and the first watch design a real, tangible product; the SmokeJumper Chronograph. Endorsed by the Montana-based National Smokejumper Association, the very limited line launched the opening of the store in downtown Bozeman, Montana in December, 2005.

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"The Bozeman Watch Company Commitment"

The Bozeman Watch Company is committed to manufacturing the most accurate and rare collection of automatic-mechanical timepieces available today. With models produced in collector's runs of no more than 100 individual pieces, each of the "Montana Class Watch Collection" is limited to only the most discerning clientele worldwide. Each watch model of the "Montana Class Watch Collection" is a certified Swiss chronometer - the highest level of distinction a mechanical timepiece can attain for accuracy in timekeeping, and the most coveted distinction a timepiece can ever earn.

• Pre-assembly, each movement undergoes 15 days of continous testing, regulation and calibration by an independant, third-party control agency known as the Controle Officiel Suisse des Chronometres in the Valle' de Joux, Switzerland.
• This process includes almost thirty individual ratings that are derived from a series of continous tests at a number of temperatures and angles
• The certification process is only undertaken by and awarded to 3% of the entire Swiss mechanical movement market, and in the American market next to 0, a proportion that "underscores the exceptional nature of a chronometer. To earn chronometer certification, a movement must not only be made from the highest quality components, but also be the object of special care on part of the finest watchmakers and timers during assembly