Scottish Watches Podcast #77 : With Nicholas Bowman-Scargill from Fears Watch Company and Rolex
Today you join us for as live coverage of Hodinkee printing money, and all in the good company of Nick (a.k.a No 4) from Fears...
Today you join us for as live coverage of Hodinkee printing money, and all in the good company of Nick (a.k.a No 4) from Fears...
We mentioned this La Barrichello Rolex Daytona customised watch series on an edition of the Scottish Watches Podcast but Artisans de Genève have just released...
Well #watchfam, a week comes and goes so quickly and before you know it, its #halfwatchtuesday once again! Nic here, at your service this week,...
Bluewatch, halfwatch, Speedy, macro… Flieger, Tudor, watchpalm, micro. Is it just me or is there a lot of hashtags floating about (granted not as many...
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...
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...
So, you expected show notes huh? That makes two of us – Rikki Never expect show notes – Rick. So we started with a live...
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...
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,...
Well, it’s that time again! Tuesday has come around so fast this week; we almost haven’t been able to get over the awesomeness of last...
Perhaps not the most petty and ill informed podcast, but certainly still aiming to be cheerful, and now with added jokes courtesy of the Edinburgh...
Welcome to episode 65 of the Scottish Watches podcast! We should have mentioned Oris in it but hey! We both enter the Twilight Zone a...
He’s moved to Scotland to be closer to his two best friends so we bring Adrian from Back and Jack on to the show for...
Hello again #watchfam, I hope this reaches you in good health and spirits. For those of you hoping, praying, even begging to have Omair back,...
The gang is back together and we have a full-on show for you today. We start with my visit to Florida, I did not go...
When I first saw that Hodinkee had announced a collaboration with Oris, I knew I had to try to get my hands on one. Typical...
In 1492 a bloke called Chris set off in a boat or three in search of the Indies. Being an unconventional sort, he went off...
Rikki and Rick take a trip across to capital city to meet up with Jonathan at The Edinburgh Watch Company for a chat about whats...
We’re all about learning and that covers everything from how Seiko’s spring drive works through to even the basics such as the actual difference between...
Wait! Before the mere mention of anything moon related makes you switch off (or turn on), I understand we have been inundated with space exploration...
In space no one can hear you scream…but they can hear your phone interfering with the recording….my bad! I confess to coveting my neighbours tractor...
Looking for a new way to show off your favorite watch? Two things, you need ideas and you need to know what you are talking...
So, an interesting thing happened to me today. I was minding my own business when Omair (@jumpingjalapeno) texted me, asking if I wanted to write...
Hey guess what! We’re walking!! Yes, it’s been but a short 13 weeks since we hurtled down the Instagram birth canal into the loving grasp...
Ain’t it a bollocks when real life gets in the way of the important stuff. There’s me compiling work report after report whilst top pics...
Celebrity Watch Deathmatch Rolex Jujitsu v MontBlanc Taekwondo We welcome Harlan and our new best friend Paul to the latest episode. Listening via a podcast...
Well, folks, the sun has finally cracked out on Bonnie Scotland, yes this year Summer falls on a Wednesday after some reports of flooding. Of...
Phew, been a bit of a busy week, and we have not even opened the lawyer’s letters that are piling up at the door of...
So we have moved from doing a weekly analysis to a monthly one for now. The end of May saw the market standing at:...
We finally did it, we caught a big one from down under, I am told by others, who shall temporarily remain nameless…….NSOW, was that long...
Even to someone who doesn’t collect or know a great deal about timepieces, one brand not only transcends this divide but is synonymous with anything...
This past March I obtained my grail, a Rolex Explorer reference 114270. I decided to finally “pull the trigger” on a 114270 to mark a...
This is not gonna read well after a 100 hour week in work and 10 hours to get to our holiday destination I will admit...
We read out your 5 star reviews, keep em coming, the funniest will get read out and we promise to continue to know nothing about...
I met my wife on the internet, I joke that I was looking for a light bulb, I was actually looking for her. As you...
Instagram and iconic imagery, quite a chicken and egg situation. Do we stage our photos in a certain way to mimic those images that have...
The newly publicly traded Watches Of Switzerland Group have continued to make announcements, not just saving them up pre IPO, and this one is a...
I’ve been into watches for the last 5 or 6 years, I remember first seeing Christopher Ward watches online thinking they looked good value, but...
We have finally decided that it is best just to give up on episode numbers within the show, but we do want to make it...
What a rollercoaster of a week it’s been. You will by now know we and the Scottish Watches duo have a mutual love-in, but it...
I don’t know about you but I quite enjoy the “week on the wrist” articles that I read on watch websites. They provide a more...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click here – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/05/23/scottish-watches-podcast-41-we-talk-double-fingers-and-the-new-omega-seamen/ – to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show! If...
Monday night sat I in a nervous ritual wondering if anyone would bother their backside, having the season finale of the greatest show ever to...
I’ve owned my Rolex Submariner 114060 for some time, and as much as I love it, something isn’t quite right. It’s a fantastic watch but...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click here – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/05/20/scottish-watches-podcast-40-with-ariel-adams-from-a-blog-to-watch/ – to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show! If...
So the scores on the doors this week are: Grey market price demands: 1220.25 up 28.1 Used market price demands 1191.34 up 38.31 So the...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click here – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/05/17/scottish-watches-podcast-38-dear-points-of-view-bad-audio-and-a-trip-to-newcastle/ – to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show! If...
So the market continues to rise and while 1.1% may appear to be a reasonable rise that is over a two week period, so on...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click here – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/05/12/scottish-watches-podcast-37-insider-stories-from-rolex-to-fears-watch-company-with-nicholas-bowman-scargill/ – to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show! If...
Just four weeks ago I made simple quip on a mate’s Instagram post, “Have you just invented #halfwatchtuesday?”, we both had a laugh about it...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click here – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/05/10/scottish-watches-podcast-36-end-of-week-watch-chat/ – to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show! If...
I have always loved watches for as long as I can remember. Going back to when I was 6 years old and playing with my...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click here – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/05/06/scottish-watches-podcast-35-watch-chat-with-jon-aka-phillywatchcollector/ – to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show! If...
Another Tuesday has been and gone, here is a selection of our favorites from this week. Follow @halfwatchtuesday and tag #halfwatchtuesday and #scottishwatches and if...
Wow, it looks like the world of watches have been collectively out to lunch watching Avengers End Game and the death of the Night King...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click here – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/04/29/scottish-watches-podcast-33-public-service-announcement-edition/ – to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show! If...
Well despite the Easter weekend, plenty people and companies are still listing numerous watches for sale on all the usual online retailers, and the prices they are...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click here – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/04/23/scottish-watches-podcast-31-the-clickbait-edition/ – to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show! If...
As you have hopefully picked up from our podcast (available to download free from all reputable online, and some not so reputable online podcast repositories)...
We like clickbait as well as the next person/podcast/YouTube channel, so here we go. Feel free to add your thoughts in the comments and we will...
For this week now that I have a growing database of information, I have decided to change the format slightly to make it easier to get...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click here – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/04/14/scottish-watches-podcast-29-watch-chat-with-adrian-from-bark-and-jack-part-2/– to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show! If you...
It is over, finished done, your Batman is now worthless! Ok, it really isn’t, but according to our figures the heat has started to cool,...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click here – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/04/07/scottish-watches-podcast-27-a-war-of-words-between-the-ricks-plus-rolex-go-tonto/ – to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show! If...
Well in week 8, just after Basel and the discontinuation of the Rolex BLNR 116710 the used market just about caught up on the grey in...
BaselWorld has always excited. I’m usually glued to social media with post after post washing over me as the press folk we follow so avidly,...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click here – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/03/28/scottish-watches-podcast-24-baselworld-roundup-part-1-and-we-were-actually-there/– to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show! If...
I’m not quite sure of my first memory of my father – there’s a number of them that are all blended together. Him carrying me...
I’m penning this while cruising 36,000 feet over France, returning home from my fifth BaselWorld. Next to me is my now traditional Gin & Tonic...
…and we all stood back and watched the world burn…. Sorry for the melodrama, but the world of watches has officially lost it. Basel is now...
I think it is a common experience when you start out in watch collecting that you begin with a somewhat scattergun approach. You buy just what...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click here – http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/2019/03/20/scottish-watches-podcast-22-baselworld-2019-as-it-unfolded-with-rolex-tudor-patek-and-breitling/ – to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show!...
So there we have it! In our little bubble of watch heaven the biggest news of the year is always “What’s Rolex releasing at Basel?”...
Marbles, comics, football stickers and vinyl from 8 years old I had always gravitated to that which was collectible, tradable and relatively liquid. Following a...
Six weeks ago I started a wee maths and statistics project. Yup I know just how to take the fun out of watch collecting There...
Well as if by magic Omega try to get ahead of the onslaught of Baselworld coverage on its way next week by playing the first...
With Baselworld looming large it can be a bit of an odd mix of brands that decide that now is the time to push the...
Listening via a podcast player? Well click HERE to read the show notes with all the photos, links and video stuff on show! If you want to...
Timing Is Everything As the clock ticks down towards the opening ceremony at Baselworld 2019 in Switzerland, a lot of people are thinking “should I...
The Grail Watch I relate deeply to fellow obsessives and their Grail pursuits – see the recently published G-Shock disclosure from a founding father of...
The GMT is the movement of the moment, invoking imagery of far-flung travel appealing to the adventurer in all of us. Six years ago I...
I was fortunate enough to be brought up around some stunning timepieces. It was my father and Granpop who really got me into the watch scene. In 2007...
After about 7 years being deep down the horological rabbit hole I had sampled all the usual and some of the less usual suspects. By...
We made it to episode 15. So what you ask is on it? Well… click here if you are reading these shownotes on your podcatcher...
Picture The Scene Its 06:20 on a dark and cold morning (life in a Northern Spa town) and I’m walking the dog by the woods...
Rick has promised to send the show notes over … If this is true it will appear here and you won’t read this 😀 Ok,...
If I was going to fall, and fall hard, for a new watch on the block it was going to be a diver. My horological...
What’s this Baselworld thing all about anyway? If you’re not familiar already, Baselworld is an annual show that’s been running for just over 100 years...
In a complete turn of events Rick doesnt have a chance to speak, all episode! A new chatterboxing champion has been crowned here at Scottish...
For as long as I can remember, I’ve worn a watch. It started off with a Casio F91-W, then I worked my way through a...
Welcome to episode 11 of the Scottish Watches Podcast! In this edition we travel the M8 to Edinburgh, kinda, to chat with The Edinburgh Watch...
So the tax bill is in and the Christmas credit card payment is due. All dreams of having that wee nest egg available for the...
Disclaimer: This is not a guide. These are just my insights and opinions, not facts. I am, by no means an ‘Expert’, if anything a novice....
Never one to miss joining a bandwagon here at Scottish Watches we have now seen a few articles and YouTube posts speak in tones that...
One of the best watch videos of 2018 was this one from our friends at TheWATCHES.tv where Peter Speake-Marin spends 40 minutes on camera taking...
You know the story, you’re flexing your iced out timepiece at the club in Miami when under the cloak of darkness a girl approaches and...
We’ve let Rick out of his cage. He’s been a good boy, all his homework’s been done and his bedroom is tidy. Listen to him...
Everest were one of the first companies out there to begin producing bespoke aftermarket strap options for Rolex watches. Sure you can bung pretty much...