Before recently acquiring this De Ville at auction (kind of), I only had two Omegas. One is my reduced size Speedmaster Triple Date, and the other is an old early sixties Constellation chronometer. This watch in fact came up recently on my radar a little unexpectedly, when an auction house …
To my mind all serious watch collectors/enthusiasts need to possess a Breguet. Why? Well, because this very old and venerable brand – along with it’s founder, pioneered so many important horological features that it would simply be be remiss not to. Yes, other brands, in the end, offer much the …
First of all, due the coincidental timing, I just wish to register my profound grief at the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Like many others, I have not known any other British monarch. Like many others, I did not have the good fortune to ever meet her, but had I …
I shall not go into all the history of S-M again here, as I covered most salient points in the recent Serpent Calendar article. That said, the information offered then mainly covered up to when Peter Speake and Daniele Marin left the business in or around 2017. Since then, under …
Out of the three watches I was able to recently study at Berrys in York, this is the final and probably the most remarkable one! Firstly, a little on Breguet – and I mean little, as, in a comparatively short article it is impossible to go into much detail on …
This was another watch I was able to study at a friendly watch retailer recently and, as a sucker for nice chronographs, they will always “command” (oh dear! Ed) a little more attention! Blancpain is an interesting brand as its origins are very old – going way back to 1735! …
I was recently in a national jewellery/watch store in order to catch up on with acquaintances and any new/current models. As usual, I asked if they could select – say three watches, so I could take pictures and then maybe write about them. One of these was the above-noted. Now, …
I will be be honest: I am not an overly enthusiastic New Year’s eve reveller. The older one becomes, the passing of another year is, well, somewhat deflating rather than inflating. As such, I decided some years ago to do exactly what I wanted over this period, in a bid …
I confess I have a fondness for Tissot watches. This fact is built mainly on nostalgia, as I was given a quartz PR100 in 1978 by my mother when I was about to join the Royal Navy. I suppose it was my first “grown up” watch and I really liked …
A couple of months ago I was in York and passed the window front of one of the larger watch/jewellery retailers. As usual, my pace slowed and my eyes automatically scanned the window for anything interesting. On this occasion my orbits were arrested by two things; a flash of gold …
