Watch News, Reviews & Features With A Flavour of Scotland
Glashütte Original (GO) is an often overlooked brand because its sits in in a sort of no man’s land in terms of both pricing and watchmaking. It is priced higher than Rolex, but not high enough that to bring the level of watchmaking that allows it to really be noticed…
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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/2022/06/02/scottish-watches-podcast-366-zenith-the-past-present-and-future-with-julien-tornare/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 366! Today’s star guest is someone who made Rikki’s acquaintance at the start of his watch journey 5 years ago, Julien Tornare CEO of…
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The Tourbillon 1 and the Supersede could be considered the equivalent to the Seamaster and Speedmaster for Horage, getting the majority of the attention dedicated to the brand, while the Omnium, Horage’s Devil, remains a hidden gem with many facets. I’ll explain the facet thing in just a moment. This…
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Hölstein is a municipality in the Basel-Country in Switzerland. It is famous for its cows. The black and white Hölstein. If you’re not a dairy farmer it’s also the home of Oris. Oris are a favourite of watch enthusiasts. Their mascot the “Oris Bear” has a global fanbase which is…
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This week has been a busy one, with plenty of watch releases, amidst some watch news. We first look at the spillover demand for watches from the three hottest brands today, Audemars Piguet’s latest AP House. We then hear from Mark, Ralf and Misael on three new watch releases from…
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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/2022/05/30/scottish-watches-podcast-365-new-watches-from-farer-and-fears-plus-youtube-watch-drama-with-nico-and-oisin/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 365! See you next Tuesday apparently. Our British friends have been making all the right moves it seems. Farer Universal have released a new…
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Since 2016, Fears has gone about creating beautiful watches that seek to restore some of the glory that the brand and British watchmaking once had. Its latest two watches take that goal a step further. The Brunswick Jubilee Edition was released to mark the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II…
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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/2022/05/26/scottish-watches-podcast-364-retrograde-mercurial-movements-mono-pusher-chronographs-and-more-with-stephane-from-maurice-lacroix/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 364! Today we are joined by Stéphane Waser, the CEO of Maurice Lacroix a brand that we have mentioned many times due to the…
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This week, we have had OAK (one of a kind) International Exhibition in London, but since Dave has been over there checking things out in person, let us look at some other things, and there are many other things ongoing in the world of watches. Watches of Switzerland posted stellar…
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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/2022/05/23/scottish-watches-podcast-363-new-watches-and-news-update/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 363! Wristwatch check: In honour of him hosting the Open Dial with Crispin Jones, Rikki is wearing the Mr Jones Riccochet watch Mr….
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To label Kurono Tokyo as a microbrand is both accurate and misleading at the same time. Its movement, launch patterns and price point is rather comparable with the slightly higher end microbrands, but its dial work and overall watch quality puts it right up there in the higher echelons of…
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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/2022/05/19/scottish-watches-podcast-362-the-history-and-future-of-zodiac-watches-with-mike-pearson/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 362! We have not only a new guest today but also a brand that hasn’t gotten its dedicated podcast till now. Michael joined the…
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Its auction season this week! In particular we have Royal Oak auctions galore, the latest Cartier Crash auction results, plus multiple releases from Seiko and Grand Seiko (no surprises here), and a hot new watch from Jaeger LeCoultre. These are the top 7 things in the world of watches; let’s…
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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/2022/05/16/scottish-watches-podcast-361-watch-security-staying-safe-when-wearing-buying-and-selling/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 361! Though the amount of larger scale jeweler robberies has decreased, street robberies have increased because everyone is now out and about and since…
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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/2022/05/12/scottish-watches-podcast-360-take-better-watch-photos-with-philologus/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 360! A new co-host is making his debut on the podcast, though he has been a long-time website contributor, and helped me cover W&W….
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It has been an odd recently i.e. past two weeks since Grand Seiko had not released anything new recently but the brand has set things right again this week with a great value proposition. We also have wonderful value propositions (albeit at different price points) from IWC, Isotope and Glashütte Original….
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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/2022/05/09/scottish-watches-podcast-359-weekly-watch-chat-and-new-releases/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 359! This week we saw some fluctuation on the secondary market price of pieces that have been soaring. And two great looking and unique…
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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/2022/05/05/scottish-watches-podcast-358-sophy-rindler-kristina-driggs-walkling-and-tirath-kamdar-from-ebay/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 358! For our final podcast to be released while we were in Switzerland for W&W, we are joined by Sophy Rindler, Tirath Kamdar, previous…
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It has been a busy week in the world of watches, with Tudor taking on Tour de France, supply chain predictions, Watchbox’s NFTs, Wei Koh’s Grail Watch initiative and cool releases from Fears, Garrick and Timex. These are the top 7 things in the world of watches; let’s get into…
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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/2022/05/02/scottish-watches-podcast-357-the-bumper-new-watch-news-edition/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 357! It’s been a week where British watchmaking power has been in full display with collaborations between Fears and Garrick and between Bremont and…
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Aquitaine? Why name a watch Aquitaine? Aquitaine is an ancient region of southwestern France. The medieval historians will automatically think of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Eleanor was the Duchess of Aquitaine, wife of Henry II, mother of Richard the Lionheart and one of the most powerful and influential women in 12th century…
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When Tudor first announced its 2022 releases via a video summary, I had to do a double take on the Black Bay Pro. Given that it seemed extremely unlikely that the brand would develop a Black Bay 58 GMT movement, I had simply assumed that the brand was just expanding…
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Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 356! Click here to read along and see the photos in our show notes as you listen – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2022/04/28/scottish-watches-podcast-356-podcastage-on-watches-plus-make-or-improve-your-own-podcasts-and-youtube-videos/ We are joined by one of the people responsible for the sound quality of The Scottish Watches Podcast – Bandrew from the Podcastage…
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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/2022/04/25/scottish-watches-podcast-355-evelyne-and-alexia-genta-return-to-celebrate-50-years-of-the-royal-oak-and-more/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 355! The sequel to the absolutely fantastic 300th episode is here with Evelyne and Alexia Genta. Ryan author of the Wristwatch Handbook joins us as…
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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/2022/04/21/scottish-watches-podcast-354-norqain-the-brand-the-movements-and-the-new-releases-with-ben-kuffer/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 354! After many attempts and unrecorded conversations, we finally have on the show Ben Küffer, founder and CEO of Norqain. Ben is wearing the…
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After the lull that followed the amazing Watches & Wonders 2022, the watch world is slowly picking up again with interesting news and releases. Leading the way is LVMH with it’s continual solid financial results. We also have Watches of Switzerland setting up its management team for further success, Czapek…
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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/category/podcast/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 353! Wristwatch check: Dave is wearing his Omega Seamaster-Aqua-Terra Worldtimer Rikki is wearing the new Bell & Ross BR-03-92-DIVER-WHITE The watch is sized at 42mm in diameter and…
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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/2022/04/14/scottish-watches-podcast-352-the-vacheron-constantin-show-with-christian-selmoni/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 352! Live from Watches and Wonders with Vacheron Constantin. We are joined by Christian Selmoni who’s been the director of heritage and style since…
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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/2022/04/11/scottish-watches-podcast-351-scottish-watches-and-oracle-time-dissect-the-rest-of-watches-and-wonders-2022/ This might be the link you are looking for : https://oracleoftime.com/magazine-subscription-discount/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 351! They’re back. Tom and Sam from Oracle Time are here to give us…
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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/2022/04/07/scottish-watches-podcast-350-the-grand-seiko-show-with-rob-brook/ Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 350! The history and technical prowess of Grand Seiko with our good friend Robert Brook who is the brand manager in the UK and…