Watch News, Reviews & Features With A Flavour of Scotland
We have seen the videos, a Youtube channel whips out what looks for all intents and purposes to be a Rolex submariner only for us to be told it is a ‘super fake’ when compared at almost microscope level. The video then surmises that such things are a terrible scourge…
Articles
The rocky unveiling of Patek’s 6007A raises some interesting questions about how legacy brands communicate the strengths of their new designs. Despite being intrinsically tactile objects, the watch industry now exists largely in the less-tangible realms of social media. With the traditional trade show model seemingly on its way out, slowly but surely, we’re increasingly formulating…
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We have reached part three of our mini series and we are dealing with the high end side of things. Rikki needs to wake up, pretending to spend lots of money should do it. Send us your questions and no erotic questions please…ahem. (BTW 26 seconds is what you are…
Reviews
The microbrand sector of the watch industry is one that divides the opinion of the enthusiast community. It has its fervent followers and fans, and it also has its critics and naysayers. I myself am very firmly entrenched in the positive side of the debate. I love the creativity that…
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Sophy Rindler gets some Q & A time with Julien from Zenith Watches Since you took over the direction of the brand, it seems like the name Zenith is finally much more part of the American and the world landscape, when for many years, it was simply a forgotten watch….
Reviews
Any of our avid readers here at Scottish Watches who have seen some of my previous writing will know that I am a big fan of the work of Danish indie brand, Linde Werdelin. Famous for their strong brand DNA and instantly-recognisable design language, they very quickly won me over…
News
2020 is understandably the year of relatively slow watch weeks, but somehow, someway, there is always enough new stuff happening to fill up these pages. So pull up a chair, have a coffee or a cuppa and let’s take a look: Patek Philippe Probably the biggest release this past week…
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We paid the ferryman today, with our favourite NYT author, Victoria Gomelsky (do we know any others? Ed) We get some insight and intrigue about the world of gems and watches, and all about the Breitling parties and then the Gomelsky range Then some Reverso and Hockey hate, Podcast piece…
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The last line from a poem by Delmore Schwartz entitled “Calmly We Walk through This April’s Day”, came to mind as I was (calmly) strolling last Sunday for a much-needed leg-stretch. Ok it was June, but an eerie feeling got hold of me nonetheless. This “new normality” is not so…
Reviews
The Explorer II underrated and undervalued. Have you heard that before? Well, it could be true. When we think of Rolex as a brand we used to think it was the ultimate Swiss Luxury watch, however nowadays all we seem to see it as is a brand that’s just not…
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So, an interesting thought surfaced earlier on this week whilst chatting to a couple of the watchfam (@jack_random1987 and @s214270 for those of you playing at home) regarding our fortnightly Zoom chat. It was suggested that in order to mix our chat up a little, we should introduce a wee…