Let me be clear – I was certainly not expecting to be doing another CYS review quite so soon after the last one! How so? Well, you will recall from the end of the earlier review, I mentioned this interesting model, plus, that I could be persuaded to buy. However, …
Until quite recently (last November), I had not been to London since before Covid struck. There were various reasons for this – obviously and firstly the Covid restrictions – but other personal issues intervened. As such I was keen to remedy this, and one catalyst was to attend the WATCHPRO …
If you are not a Spanish speaker, it takes a few goes to actually pronounce the brand name! In addition, if one is not a watch nut you may not even be aware of the brand – the genesis of which occurred when one Ramon Cuervo left Spain and set …
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, …
