RUE CANAL WATCHES

She’s been called “The Big Easy,” “The Crescent City,” and “The City that Care Forgot.” She’s inspired writers and chefs, poets and painters, musicians and artists of every stripe. From native daughters and sons to those passing through on their own journeys. From Armstrong to Domino; Williams, Faulkner, and Toole; Prudhomme, Chase, and even Degas.

The Rue Canal is a vintage-style watch that pays homage to New Orleans old and new and is a celebration of the magic she has inspired in so many.

“In the shadow under the green visor of the cap Ignatius J. Reilly’s supercilious blue and yellow eyes looked down upon the other people waiting under the clock at the D. H. Holmes department store, studying the crowd of people for signs of bad taste and dress.”

~ John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces ~

Inspired by the opening lines of John Kennedy Toole’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, A Confederacy of Dunces, the Rue Canal is a vintage-style watch inspired by mid-century New Orleans. And like the famous novel, it is a loving homage to the magic and soul of the city.

The watch’s custom handset and numerals are modeled after the old DH Holmes Department Store clock on Canal Street where Ignatius J. Reilly stood in the novel’s opening.

Rue Canal features three distinct dial colorways: cream evoking a warm summer’s day in New Orleans, night blue representing the city after dark, and streetcar green inspired by New Orleans’ famous green and red streetcars.