A former engineer, Craig Duling heads Heritage Management Services as chief executive officer. In addition, Craig Duling is an antiquarian horologist who owns HeritagePocketWatch.com, where he shares his expertise on antique pocket watches. One of the most important events in the history of watch development was the proliferation of the railroad system in the United States. While working for the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway, Henry S. Montgomery came up with a unique watch face design to meet the needs of railway professionals. He received a patent in 1920 for his personal design, which varied from other marginal minute designs at the time in three distinct ways. First, the numbers on the dial appeared vertical instead of being slanted or arched, a convention that we still see in many watches today. Second, Montgomery enlarged the five-minute numbers and typically had them appear in red instead of the standard black. Again, this convention can still be seen in some clocks today. Third, the sixth hour received a clear mark on the watch face. Before Montgomery, most pocket watches did not have a clear mark for this hour because of a subdial for the second hand. Montgomery placed the six within this subdial. Lastly, around the outer edge of the dial the seconds were numbered 1 through 60. For instance, this enabled one to know when it was exactly 13-minutes after 2 o'clock because the minute hand would point not only at a marker but also at the number 13. As the chairman of the board for Heritage Management Services, Craig Duling provides strategic direction for the property and business management enterprise. Prior to founding Heritage in 1988, he was an engineer for Lockheed Missiles and Space Company. In addition to his passion for collecting vintage and antique timepieces, Craig Duling enjoys playing golf. Each year Golf Digest puts together a list of the top 100 courses in the United States, as well as a shortlist of the top courses in each state. Below are its three highest-ranked courses in California. 1. Cypress Point Club - A 6,524-yard, par-72 course originally designed by Alister Mackenzie and Robert Hunter in 1928, Cypress Point is also ranked by Golf Digest as the third best course in the United States. Former United States Golf Association President Sandy Tatum once dubbed it the Sistine Chapel of golf. 2. Pebble Beach Golf Links - Ranked seventh on the publication's list of the top courses in America, Pebble Beach was designed in 1919 by Jack Neville and Douglas Grant. It has hosted five U.S. Opens and will host its sixth in 2019. 3. Los Angeles Country Club (North) - A long par-71 course at 7,236 yards, the north course at Los Angeles Country Club was designed in 1921 by George C. Thomas Jr., and most recently redesigned in 2010 by Gil Hanse, Jim Wagner, and Geoff Shackelford. It's slated to host the 2023 U.S. Open. |
AuthorBefore accepting his current position, Craig Duling served as an engineer with Lockheed Missiles and Space Company in Sunnyvale, California. Archives
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