{"id":14843,"date":"2020-11-11T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=14843"},"modified":"2021-01-26T09:50:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T17:50:59","slug":"vortic-turns-wwii-era-pocket-watches-into-wristwatches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/vortic-turns-wwii-era-pocket-watches-into-wristwatches\/","title":{"rendered":"Vortic Turns WWII-Era Pocket Watches Into Wristwatches"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Colorado-based watchmaker Vortic Watch Company<\/a> uses Fusion 360 and Haas machines<\/a> to convert antique American World War II-era pocket watches into highly desirable wristwatches. History buffs, collectors, inheritors, and enthusiasts alike are able to send their pocket watches to Vortic<\/a> from anywhere in the world, and Vortic turns them into wristwatches as a service. In addition to their regular projects, every year, Vortic salvages pocket watches to produce a limited number of Veterans Day wristwatches. The company donates a significant amount of these proceeds to the Veterans Watchmaker Initiative<\/a>, a non-profit organization supporting US veterans to learn new skills.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMost pawnshops in America scrap pocket watches for the gold or silver of their case, and the piece of American history inside of it is quite literally trashed,\u201d explains R.T Custer, founder and CEO of Vortic. \u201cAll we had to do was create a preservation system to save these pieces of American history, one watch at a time.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n