Watch News, Reviews & Features With A Flavour of Scotland
News just dropped as we were recording our next podcast episode that fashion and luxury icon Karl Lagerfeld has sadly passed away at the age of 85. Know the world over for the unmistakable design influences that he contributed to fashion houses such as Chanel over the past 5 decades,…
News
Dropping today into the Scottish Watches inbox is this cracker from Breitling. The Breitling Aviator 8 Curtiss Warhawk Collection. A total of 3 new watches the two Chronographs and a three hander. Anyone who ever made model airplanes will be familiar with the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk that this new collection celebrates….
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Smartwatches – you either love em or hate em. I was a bit of an early adopter and one of the Kickstarter backers for the first generation Pebble back in 2011, but things have come on leaps and bounds over the past 8 years, especially when the mighty big boys…
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Roger W Smith OBE is without doubt the World’s greatest watchmaker and if you don’t know his story and his journey through the decades then it’s time for an education, and Adrian from Bark & Jack is here to deliver it in style. I’ve seen many, many videos over the…
Podcast
Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast, this episode we mess everything up – have mercy! We talk Horologicon, Baselworld, Hodinkee, Gerald Genta and good news for the watch industry in general. Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Google Play or Spotify and if you have feedback, suggestions or would…
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Reviews
I first came across Time Factors when a post of one of his Precista ‘Royal Navy Diver PRS-82’ watches appeared in a group on the Snupps.com site. I then proceeded to read about nothing but praise on various watch forums. The company is run by an ex-military gentleman by the…
News
What’s this Baselworld thing all about anyway? If you’re not familiar already, Baselworld is an annual show that’s been running for just over 100 years where the world’s top watch brands along with gemstone dealers and jewellers all come together under one roof in Basel, Switzerland every March. We’re talking…
Podcast
In a complete turn of events Rick doesnt have a chance to speak, all episode! A new chatterboxing champion has been crowned here at Scottish Watches and his name is Floatlite! Link to show notes and photos from this episode : HERE We chat all things Redbar meet ups, Swatch collecting,…
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News
For as long as I can remember, I’ve worn a watch. It started off with a Casio F91-W, then I worked my way through a variety of Fossil, Boss and Timex monstrosities. For as long as I can remember I’ve also been a collector of things. Transformer toys, Panini stickers,…
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It just so happens that some of our Scottish Watches “Tartan Watch Army” are quite well connected and have brought us a wee snippet of a rumour that after some asking around we feel we should share with you. One of the major shopping centres in Edinburgh, the St James centre,…
News
We love Hamilton, why wouldn’t you? They’ve been around as long as anyone you can name, offer everything from super budget to quality mechanicals and as part of the Swatch group they’ve got the corporate backing to keep moving forward without issue. … oh and they’ve also appeared in more…