Watch News, Reviews & Features With A Flavour of Scotland
Greetings Watch Nerds! Gigi here filling in for Omair and Nic. As you know the two halves of HWT are medics, and they are getting ready for the big wave of COVID-19 cases that are bound to storm across the UK in the coming weeks and months. Living in Milan,…
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Scottish Watches Podcast #128 : Live From RedBar Glasgow/London with Adrian, Simon, Pietro and Floatlite Welcome to our 2nd live podcast recorded in front of an audience of 70+ (admitted most probably were not paying attention) Gas masks at the ready. I love an audience, though my soapbox was missing…
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Well, well, well…what do we have here then? Despite making waves in the field of sustainability, Linde Werdelin is probably not a brand that many people have had the pleasure of seeing up close very often, if indeed at all. I have seen many glossy photos of their creations…
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The world appears to have well and truly gone to sh*t- not even Tom Hanks is safe. The cold and precise horological world waits for no mortal pandemic, however, so here’s a little recap of the last week in watches. Joking aside: from everyone here at Scottish Watches, we hope…
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I’m going to share something that’s been on my mind recently. I am not a watch journalist, but merely a collector who has recently been thinking about consolidation and focusing. My particular style of collecting does not follow a single brand, nor, do I collect a single genre of watches….
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It’s grim up North but it always has been. We find out what PAM means, you have to join our FB group to find out more. We ask #isitok We say hello to Ballymoney, do get in touch. Lovenwatches and ABTW and Spending Time Podcast are back, and we will…
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“Lasciate ogni speranza, o voi che entrate..” is the original Italian text of this piece’s namesake and the ominous inscription that greeted those who passed through the gates of hell in Dante’s masterpiece: ”Inferno”. These words came to mind while lining up for passport control at Linate Airport in Milan…
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Note: This article first appeared in Spanish on www.safonagastrocrono.club on 4/3/2020. https://www.safonagastrocrono.club/zrc-grands-fonds-300m/ In recent days, I have been very fortunate to be able to enjoy one of the most iconic and unusual divers available in the current market. Thank you @rom.tolousse for making this possible! My intention had been to test it…
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Scottish Watches Podcast #126 : With Andrew from Tide and Tide Watches Australia Surprise…show notes. First up exhibit number 1. We ask the important questions like, where is Archie Luxury? This is better. and this… look out for this… and this sequel. Bring back keyboard cats and take your dirty…
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Recently it seems that almost every Facebook group focused on microbrands has an active thread discussing the pros and cons of backing a watch on Kickstarter. This is likely due to “high season” for Kickstarter projects, which starts in February after the holiday buying fatigue has passed. If you comb…
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Note: This article first appeared in Spanish on www.safonagastrocrono.club on 1/3/2020(https://www.safonagastrocrono.club/raketa-big-zero-un-diseno-que-traspaso-fronteras) and in English on 5/3/2020 ( https://www.safonagastrocrono.club/raketa-big-zero-a-design-that-crossed-frontiers). I think I can safely state that if there were any Soviet watch whose design had crossed frontiers and become recognizable throughout the world, it would be the Raketa “Big Zero”. But…