Watch reviews, comment – and more!
I recently attended a watch award event in London, and, as it was a bit posh and in the evening, attire was to be black tie. This presented no major issue as I knew that my suit fitted, my shoes were replaced the previous year (after discovering that the patent …
A few years ago I met a fellow watch enthusiast, who was wearing an interesting shirt. It was a business type, but on his left cuff there was a slight recess cut out in order to show off his watch better. I commented on this and it transpired that he …
The official Chopard press release states that this new model is a reinterpretation the St Moritz piece, launched in 1980 and created by Karl-Friedrich Scheafele, now co-president of the Maison. There are certainly similarities, both being basically steel sports watches and having exposed screw heads around the bezel. From a …
Silver Spitfire Begins Journey I first wrote about this iconic watch series a few months ago after attending the IWC Silver Spitfire event at Goodwood in April, in conjunction with a Members Meeting for historic racing cars. I have now attended the second event in August and so now cover/update …
I do confess a liking of brands that have an interesting story to tell. Panerai, with origins back to WW2 (and before) when they produced their large and robust Radiomir watch for divers of the Royal Italian Navy, is an obvious candidate. However, for me, that was not always the …
Have you ever wondered how a watch is made or who makes the components? For me, to be frank, such questions never really crossed my mind – at least for many years. As long as I liked the appearance of a watch, it did what I wanted and I could …
I had been interested in acquiring the above noted watch for a few years, but to date had not seen one for sale of suitable quality. The main issue appeared to be with the bezel, whose numbers and markers are picked out in red – but in most cases were …
I was recently in Switzerland to visit some atelier manufactures in the watch making region near Neuchatel. This was both fascinating and impressive and I will be writing separately about this in due course. During my trip I added some extra days, and on one of these returned to Geneva …
A year or so ago I had read a small article somewhere about an astonishing tale of sunken treasure. No, not gold doubloons and silver salvers from a Spanish galleon, but old leather in a shipwreck off Cornwall. Briefly, the 53 ton Brigantine, Frau Metta Catherina, from Flensburg (then in …
Some 10 years plus ago, and before I really got more seriously into watches, I knew very little about B&R. If I am being honest, at one point I thought they were an also-ran US make! My education however has mercifully since improved! So, in fact the company is actually …
