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And we are back, once again, for another installment of #halfwatchtuesday! Those of you tuning into Omair’s triumphant return will have no doubt read that as he was so enlightened by our ‘enforced separation’, that we have decided to continue our ‘ménage a Deux’ and share the responsibility for writing…
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Just the basics for this week, no good looking people on this episode. Glasgow Riots, Billionaire weddings and hide and seek in IKEA, the usual stuff, and some watches. A Glasgow excursion, here Vintage watch lust for Rikki, here and for me something a bit different, form a company…
Reviews
“Ownership is the most intimate relationship one can have to objects. Not that they come alive in him; it is he who comes alive in them.” Walter Benjamin Watch enthusiasts, watch hobbyists, watch traders and entrepreneurs, students and masters of horology; all of them share the most common thread of…
Reviews
A little background to kick things off – Sternglas is a small Hamburg based watch company that produces Bauhaus inspired watches. The company was launched in 2016 by Dustin Fontaine following a successful crowdfunding campaign. At the time of writing, they have a range of six watches in the 34…
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This week Rikki interviews Handsome Rob from Grand Seiko (the one on the right). Click here to read the show notes on the website with photos so you can play along at home – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/09/02/scottish-watches-podcast-69-interview-with-rob-from-grand-seiko/ Rikki made it all the way to Edinburgh to meet Handsome Rob while quaffing…
News
While this hobby of loving watches and spending hours on end scrolling through Instagram, listening to fantastic podcasts by two Scottish guys and watching youtube videos you eventually come across the topic of patina. So what is patina? According to the dictionary, it is the tarnish produced by oxidation or…
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So, you expected show notes huh? That makes two of us – Rikki Never expect show notes – Rick. So we started with a live IG chat, but now we know how the system works you can expect some more. we immediately take a dive into film and movies… This…
News
Last heard together on a muffled Scottish watches podcast where Nic discussed such matters as his Grandmother and puberty the Halfwatchtuesday lads have since led a life of enforced separation. As I (JJ) flew east Nic took it upon himself to step up and take full control of HWT operations…
News
Way back in June we noticed that the Urban Gentry’s Tristano Veneto (a.k.a. TGV) had pinched a photograph from the website of Scottish watchmaker, anOrdain, without permission. The photo shows anOrdain’s unique enameling technique for their watch dials made right here in Glasgow. TGV had used the pilfered image…
Reviews
With a family trip to Colorado and the Rocky Mountains National Park coming up, I wanted a watch I could bang off rocks or wear while crossing a rushing river. (Not that I would do that. Ever.) I also wanted one that wouldn’t look like crap when I was done…
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Some say he occasionally puts the show notes up on time, and that he is diligent in his duties. All we know is he’s called Rick and he’s been playing with horses all weekend so you’ll just have to wait! The horses have now been attended to, now it is…