Watch News, Reviews & Features With A Flavour of Scotland
Only recently the watch community was given a very loud wakeup call on the matter of due diligence. In case you’ve been sleeping under a rock I’m referring to the “Horology House fake Daytona, my parent’s house is on fire Ponzi scheme” scandal. I won’t go into any detail as there is…
News
Here’s a recap of the big stories in the watch world over the past week. Seiko and Grand Seiko Continuing this years’ frantic release schedule, Seiko announced the release of three new models for its Presage Prestige line. Fashioned in green, white and black, the models are a celebration of…
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Extinction level events do happen the last was a few million years ago for humans, for the watch industry it was the 1970’s and came with a quartz meteorite, recovery was painful and slow, but those that survived were, in theory, were all the fitter for it. The scientists tell…
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Scottish Watches Podcast #119 : G-SHOCK 25th Anniversary Pieces, Timex Batmex, Tock Shows and More We have reached out to Horology House again now that his YouTube Channel is back, but all his comments are turned off. Rikki is mostly awake for this episode and so has an actual agenda…
Reviews
Bamford Watch Department is one of those companies I’ve been interested in for a few years. They’re very much a chalk and cheese company that people either seem to love or hate. The murky world of watch customisation is at best controversial and at worst illegal. Rolex have been cracking down on…
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It’s as much a surprise to me as to anyone that I am the one to come up with the Aussie reference title rather than Nic, but there you go. The topic of today’s article has to be something that affects many people who frequent social media; I’d be shocked…
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In the world of watches the quest for the “perfect” material is a voyage that’s as long as the history of watchmaking itself. The goal of this ages–long struggle is to find something that is at the same time attractive, easy to work with, robust yet light, resistant to scratches and cost effective. Leaving aside the movement, I struggle to think of a substance that…
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The Oxford dictionary definition of a hobby states: “(a hobby is) an activity done regularly in one’s free time for pleasure”. The keywords here are “regularly”, “free time” and “pleasure”. Take out any one of those words and the hobby turns into a project, an endeavor, a job or even…
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Scottish Watches Podcast #118 : Baselworld Rolex Predictions, Corona Virus Industry Impact and More with Jenni Elle Visit Jenni on YouTube at – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4TLvsSDZQb-TBrhDID3jPg
Reviews
Since I’ve started collecting watches, I’ve seen so many videos speaking of Seiko and their SKX line as the quintessential first watch for someone beginning to get into watch collecting. It is described as having perfect dimensions, a dial and bezel that are easily adaptable to most dress codes, with…
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For those of you who know me, you will not be surprised to not really see product reviews but more of industry news and analysis. I just don’t get excited going over press releases of watches that most likely I won’t get my hands on and give an opinion…