Watch reviews, comment – and more!
Having owned a number of classic cars in the past, I retain a keen interest in such things. As such, when news reached me that there was to be a classic car show at Castle Howard on Father’s Day, I duly earmarked in the diary. Also, at the back of …
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 …
Whilst most of my watches are somewhat conservatively styled, I can on occasions be seduced into the unusual – both in terms of design and manufacture. At this point I make no apology for saying that usually I am unimpressed with new(ish) independent brands. At the lower end, many seem …
There are a few adjectives one can use when describing watch lugs, from; flowing, angular, modest, industrial, long, short and so on. In my experience – certainly with my watches, I have not really been able to say “beautiful” – until now! Let me set the scene: Some time ago …
About a month ago I was pondering what I could add to the “luxury” section of the site – bearing in mind that the last item revealed had been my Mother’s vintage Conway Stewart pen. To be frank, when I first set up the section I was only envisioning really …
Like most sane and humane observers, I always knew that Vladimir Putin was a cruel dictator, but up and till now he had usually shown some semblance of rationale and control. – albeit for warped reasons. However, he has of course now plumbed the depths of depravity with his invasion …
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, …
The Avia I obtained a few months ago was the oldest chronograph I possessed – being early 60’s. Although still desirable, I still hankered after something even more “vintage”. It was therefore after I stumbled across a watch emporium entitled Olde Timers (from Hernhill in Kent), that this yearning came …
