Watch News, Reviews & Features With A Flavour of Scotland
You’ve seen the above picture. So where in this watches’ little world should we start? Greubel Forsey is a combination of the names of two genius watchmaker inventors Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey, who started out wanting to sell their creations to other brands, but circumstances made them decide to…
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It’s a relatively slow week as far as watch news go, but the watch releases keep rolling in. First up, is a massive tease from Tudor. Then we have the slate of Breitling watches that Ralf isn’t a big fan of, a luxury priced G Shock that Mark seems to…
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Click here to read along and see the photos in our show notes as you listen – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2022/07/04/scottish-watches-podcast-375-new-breitling-releases-steal-the-headlines-plus-watch-chat/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 375! The guys let loose, more than usual, on the last podcast with Rob Nudds and it hasn’t got any better. Especially when they get to the Kudoke 2…
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Everton F.C. was founded as St. Domingo’s FC in 1878 and were renamed as Everton in 1879. They were founder members of the Football League in 1888. It’s about time they had an official timing partner. Now they do; Christopher Ward. Being founded in 2005, Christopher Ward don’t quite have…
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The SuperOcean was my favorite line from Breitling so I am biased, but more about that in the conclusion. The SuperOcean has traditionally been a proper tool watch, huge water resistance ratings up to 1,500 meters, a Chronometer certified movement and a lovely diving bezel. This time however, the SuperOcean…
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2022 is shaping up to be a brilliant year for British watchmaking. We have already had great releases from Fears and Garrick, but the Kudoke 2 – British Heritage has to be the icing on the cake, all the more so because it is a collaborative piece with The Limited…
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When Grand Seiko first announced the SLGH003, it sounded like an almost perfect Grand Seiko watch with a slimmer profile together with a thoroughly new innovative movement. The only catch was that it came with a blue dial, something that the brand had done to death that year. A couple…
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Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 374! Click here to read along and see the photos in our show notes as you listen – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2022/06/30/scottish-watches-podcast-374-watch-industry-chat-with-rob-nudds/ Wristwatch check: Rob Nudds is wearing his Laventure Sous Marine Bronze Black – Laventure Sous-Marine Hands-On Dive Watch Review Laventure Automobile Chronograph – Laventure Automobile Chronograph With A Proprietary…
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Out of every animal in the oceans, I wouldn’t have imagined the oyster had a big role in maintaining that ecosystem. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration oysters play a crucial role in filtering the water encompassing them thus improving the conditions of other plant and animal life…
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The Seiko Group would be really happy this week, since both its main Seiko brand and more luxury Grand Seiko brand picked up design awards. We also have a flurry of fun and interesting releases, from Hublot, Fears, Garrick. These are the top 7 things in the world of watches;…
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Click here to read along and see the photos in our show notes as you listen – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2022/06/27/scottish-watches-podcast-373-weekly-watch-banter/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 373! RedBar is back at full swing here in Scotland as are watch releases around the globe. We discuss new watches from Ball with…
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Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 372! Click here to read along and see the photos in our show notes as you listen – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/category/podcast/ We’ve bought back a fan favourite of our audience, Nick from Fears, along with a watch fam favourite jeweller, Topper, represented by Rob…
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Recent decades have seen a re-emergence of British brands that honor the ingenuity and craftsmanship that once made Britain today’s Switzerland. Few do it as well as Garrick. Founded by David Brailsford and Simon Michlmayr, Garrick aims to innovate and create as many components as possible in an artisanal fashion…
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It has been an exciting week for watch news, with some interesting industry movements. We have François-Henry Bennahmias confirming a rumour on his future in Audemars Piguet, the LVMH’s latest investment and Seiko UK opening a cool new boutique in London. We also have plenty of fun new releases from…
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It’s your birthday so how do you celebrate? A glass of wine, maybe a trip to a beach or perhaps you buy yourself something special to celebrate. If you are a watch brand then how about you give your loyal fans the opportunity to buy a special watch. This is…
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Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 371! Click here to read along and see the photos in our show notes as you listen – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2022/06/20/scottish-watches-podcast-371-weekly-new-watch-chat-from-moser-zodiac-iwc-and-more/ In this sunny day we get into the great releases dropped by Moser x Undefeated (one of the best collaborations of recent times),…
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You would have thought that a brand like Glashütte Original (GO) with roots stemming from 1843 would have done it all, but apparently not because it has released a new pair of watches that serve as a first for the brand. The brand has named the new watches as PanoMaticCalendars,…
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When Oris released their in-house automatic movement calibre “400” just two years ago, it caused quite some excitement in the mid-price watch sector. It came with very impressive features; 120 hours of power reserve, instantaneous date change, and an antimagnetic escapement. And all this could be had without excessive price…
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Collaborations in the watch industry is extremely commonplace but they don’t always feel organic. However, if there is one that fits like a glove, it is this latest partnership between H Moser & Cie (Moser) and UNDFEATED. After all, both companies are trailblazers in their respective fields. UNDEFEATED is one…
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Click here to read along and see the photos in our show notes as you listen – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2022/06/16/scottish-watches-podcast-370-the-girls-return-sam-sam-and-lucy-are-back/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 370! It’s that time of the week and we are joined by UK Sam, US Sam, and not Sam Lucy. It’s been almost a…
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Limiting releases to one region is nothing new from Grand Seiko. In fact, some of their best pieces unfortunately or fortunately, depending on where you are literally standing, are released in this manner. The U.S. has benefited quite well from this arrangement, a great example of this is the Four…
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The past week started rather slowly, but then finished with aplomb. Norqain scored a major win in Jean-Claude Biver, WatchBox continues its expansion in two interesting locations, Jaeger LeCoultre made a collection changing move, and Seiko, IWC and Bradley Taylor give us their latest watches. These are the top…
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Click here to read along and see the photos in our show notes as you listen – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2022/06/13/scottish-watches-podcast-369-watch-chat-plus-hot-previews/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 369! Part of what Dave was up to was visiting his friend at https://www.somlo.com/ Dave didn’t send me the dates for the event. Will update…
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The watch world was taken by storm on 21 March 2022, when images of a collaboration between Omega and Swatch were leaked to an unsuspecting world. GQ UK may not have been the first to talk about this collaboration but the world surely paid attention when Hodinkee published an article…
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Seiko has just released a flurry of new watches, but none stand out as much as the new Seiko 5 series, for all the right reasons. Back in 2019, the brand discontinued its long running beloved SKX line and introduced a new 5 series collection modelled after the SKX. The…
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Click here to read along and see the photos in our show notes as you listen – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2022/06/09/scottish-watches-podcast-368-aviation-motor-racing-and-more-with-zero-west/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 368! What goes into engineering decades old historically relevant materials into a watch? That’s one of the most interesting aspects of Zero West watch….
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Another week, another flurry of watch releases. First, we hear from Ralf and Misael on the latest from Audemars Piguet and IWC respectively. Next, we see the brilliance of the watch making houses at Zenith x Kari Voutilainen, Glashütte Original and Mb&f before rounding up with the latest in Grand…
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Grand Seiko’s latest watch continues its celebration of the 55th anniversary of the Grand Seiko Style, the design philosophy that was first established with the 44GS model in 1967. This time it houses a movement that has yet to be used for this celebratory occasion, its high vaunted quartz movement….
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Click here to read along and see the photos in our show notes as you listen – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2022/06/06/scottish-watches-podcast-367-new-releases-from-ap-zenith-horage-norqain-and-loads-more/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 367! It’s been a week of fun and watches with a Top Gun: Maverick viewing leading into a Zenith event. Speaking of Zenith, one…
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Zenith may be best known for its El Primero automatic chronograph movement first launched in 1969, but any brand that can come up with a chronograph as brilliant as that must have a whole history of movement development behind them, something the brand has in spades. One of the key…