Watch News, Reviews & Features With A Flavour of Scotland
Well #watchfam, a week comes and goes so quickly and before you know it, its #halfwatchtuesday once again! Nic here, at your service this week, although before we get onto the topic above, I believe I mentioned in my previous article fortnight ago, that Omair would no doubt be tantalizing…
Reviews
The Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch is legendary – it’s undeniably the watch with the best-known history and that is largely due to Omega’s incredible marketing machine. Omega are relentless, especially so this year with the 50th anniversary of the moon landing having just passed. 1957 saw the first Speedmaster being launched….
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We are back and flying solo, or duo again this week. Continuing our adventure in actually talking about watches, we first of all find Kaz from TBWS the next great American novel courtesy of Kat at TennandTwo’s vast and brilliant show notes. Word of advice Kat, no one reads them,…
Reviews
When Spinnaker first approached me and offered to send me one of their watches they sent me links to the Croft, Wreck, and Fleuss. I had seen some of their watches on Instagram and I knew that some of my watch friends were impressed with the standard of the watches…
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Today it is the Sophy Rindler show, Rikki and I simply light the blue touch paper and retreat to a safe distance. First up we do fix Sophys phone. Sophy has been avoiding Rikki for some time but no longer. We talk Baselworld and SIHH, will the full two week…
News
Bluewatch, halfwatch, Speedy, macro… Flieger, Tudor, watchpalm, micro. Is it just me or is there a lot of hashtags floating about (granted not as many as podcasts)? Now before you think this is a huge case of pot and kettle, it isn’t. We pay homage to those well-established hashtags that…
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I don’t remember where I first stumbled upon anOrdain, but when I read that they had a typographer who had created their dial font taking inspiration from old Ordnance Survey maps of remote locations in the Scottish Highlands, it almost didn’t matter what the watch looked like. I was sold….
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It finally happened! The two comedy watch shows join forces to showcase the entries for GPHG 2019! Play along at home here to the watches we chat about! Click here http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/09/10/scottish-watches-podcast-72-two-broke-watch-snobs-and-scottish-watches-assemble-for-gphg-2019/ for our show notes then click below to read more on the watches. https://www.gphg.org/horlogerie/en/gphg-2019/pre-selected-watches So who did you pick? Did…
Reviews
I decided that it was time to add to my watch collection which consisted of my Seiko 5 and my Oris Aquis. I was keen on getting one of the usual suspects: a stainless steel Rolex Submariner or an Omega Speedmaster Professional. I really want a ceramic Sub with Date,…
News
We’re kinda getting to grips with this old Instagram Live stuff so here’s a quick unboxing video of Rick’s new Seiko Prospex “Arnie” Re-Issue Watch SNJ025P1 Unboxing which we’ve popped on to our YouTube for you to check out. Enjoy and be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram…
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Fresh from an Instagram Live, which was fun and which you should all look out for – it is time for a new show. Lots to talk about, but firstly we return to Rikki Watchmaker and him sandpapering his full metal G-Shock, successfully as it turns out. I, however, am…