Watch Alert: Schofield Light
Founded in 2008 the Schofield Watch Company refers to itself as an eccentric British Watch brand. Browsing their website takes you into a different world....
Founded in 2008 the Schofield Watch Company refers to itself as an eccentric British Watch brand. Browsing their website takes you into a different world....
The Christopher Ward C63 Sealander range was introduced in April 2021. The 39mm Sealander was a true homage to a certain famous watch. The range...
The Alliance of British Watch and Clock Makers was founded in November 2020. It aims to be the watch and clock maker’s official trade body...
The sixth Dubai Watch Week has just concluded. It is organised by Ahmed Seddiqi and Sons which is one of the largest independent watch retailers...
October 2023 is a very good month for Christopher Ward fans. We’ve had the release of the “Twelve Halo” and now we have the release...
Seiko launches a lot of watches every year. Our friends at “aBlogtoWatch” estimated that they launch over 500 a year. That’s a lot of watch...
Torsti Laine is an independent watchmaker who graduated from the Kelloseppäkoulu watch-making school in Finland. This is the same school from which Kari Voutilainen graduated...
IWC became the “Official Engineering Partner” of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula 1™ team in 2013. Lucky timing as the rules changed for 2014 meant that...
Armin Strom is one of the many watchmakers based in the Swiss town of Biel/Bienne. Since their revitalization in 2009, they have been known for...
Introduction The Twelve by Christopher Ward was launched in April 2023 and caused a flurry of activity in the watch media world as people covered...
Occasionally, the whole world goes crazy for a brand. Remember Beatlemania and all the fans going crazy in New York in 1964? Some watch brands...
His Royal Majesty King Charles III was crowned on May 6th 2023 (Note – He was crowned not coronated: Stop inventing verbs!!!). It seems appropriate to...
Photo Christopher Ward The Christopher Ward C1 Bel Canto was launched just after Worn and Wound’s Windup NYC 2023. I’m sure this was a bit...
Zeniths’ pilot watch range isn’t really what you think about when you think of them but this year they are the brands focus at Watches...
Gerald Genta was a very busy man in the 1970s. The legacy he created still lives and goes from strength to strength. IWC was one...
The C1 Bel Canto was undeniably the most significant watch launched by Christopher Ward in 2022. For those who like hypothetical questions, here’s a good...
Photo Breitling A lot of readers may have no idea what the six nations competition is. Originally called the five nations tournament it was where...
In 2013 Omega introduced the Seamaster Aqua Terra Reference 231.10.42.21.01.002 quickly garnered the nickname “bumblebee” due to its black dial and yellow markings. The “bumblebee”...
The Alliance of British Watch and Clock Makers has come a long way since its founding in 2020. It now has 77 trade members and...
It’s always nice to celebrate a birthday. Especially someone else’s. I don’t need reminding of my age. I am at least younger than the Heuer...
If you’re reading this, I guess you like watches. I would also guess that you think of yourself as part of the watch community. With...
One of the eternal pub debates has actually been solved. The question of who was the best James Bond has been answered. The best James...
This has been a busy year for Christopher Ward. They released the Aquitaine range in X, the revised C60 Trident in Y, and the Series...
We knew the storm was coming. Seiko launched the NH34 onto the market swiftly followed by Citizen launching the 9075. These new GMT movements were...
Navigation has been a problem since the first civilisations decided it was a good idea to see what the people on the other side the...
If you are someone who went to high school in the early 1980s there’s a good chance you wore a watch. If you did then...
Someone once tried to convince me that there was more to life than red wine. Eventually, I had to concede that there was indeed more...
Oris has worked the Aquis line really hard since its launch in 2011. The original Aquis date came in a 43.5mm case with a ceramic...
The Christopher Ward C60 has been the mainstay of the brand for most of the brand’s life. The C60 was launched in 2008 and the...
The Foundation du Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève or translated into English as the Foundation for the Grand Horological Prize of Geneva (GPHG) was founded...
The Foundation du Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève or translated into English as the Foundation for the Grand Horological Prize of Geneva (GPHG) was founded...
Christopher Ward released the C63 Sealander range in May 2021 (it was covered quite brilliantly here on the Scottish Watches website). The Sealander range was...
Japanese GMT movements are like buses. You wait ages for one and then two to turn up at once. Bulova has launched a new GMT...
Extreme E was the brainchild of Alejandro Agag and is an international racing series which races electric desert racers in various locations to highlight the...
The modern Seamaster 300M era began in 1993. It featured a helium escape valve and skeleton hands. In the intervening 29 years there have been...
Everton F.C. was founded as St. Domingo’s FC in 1878 and were renamed as Everton in 1879. They were founder members of the Football League...
It’s your birthday so how do you celebrate? A glass of wine, maybe a trip to a beach or perhaps you buy yourself something special...
The watch world was taken by storm on 21 March 2022, when images of a collaboration between Omega and Swatch were leaked to an unsuspecting...
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...
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...
Constellation and Globemaster. The aeronautically minded will think of the Lockheed Constellation or the Douglas C74 or C-124 Globemaster. Perhaps the Boeing C-17 Globemaster will...
March is full of surprises; just ask Julius Caesar. Christopher Ward have decided to add to the surprises with the launch of the C63 Sapphire...
Return to the age of bronze – Christopher Ward C63 Sealander and C60 Bronze Ombré Green COSC Limited Edition According to Wikipedia, the bronze age...
The Calibre SH21 is an in-house movement with a 120 hour power reserve. It is reliable, has a number of configurations and is totally ignored...
A new way, a new concept. Christopher Ward C60 Concept launch review Movements, the beating heart of any mechanical watch. Sometimes a matter of pride,...
On August 26th 2021 Christopher Ward announced a new watch and it wasn’t what we expected. So, what did Christopher Ward launch and will it...
The C63 Sealander range was launched on April 29th by Christopher Ward. The launch has been a great success for Christopher Ward with the first...
For a long time the only dive watches Christopher Ward made were in the C60 Trident range. They have dabbled with the C65 range since...
What does Ombré mean? According to Wikipedia it is a French word meaning shaded. For Christopher Ward it is a dial treatment where the dial...
The Christopher Ward brand was launched in 2005. They launched three watches in their first year. Two of these watches were quartz chronographs. The brand...
Christopher Ward launches seem to be like buses. You wait ages for one, and then two come along at the same time. On January 28th...
Most everyone would agree that “2020 was the year of suck”. Maybe, just maybe 2021 will be better, a new hope as it were. Christopher...
When Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species” in 1859 I doubt he had the Omega Seamaster in mind. The Seamaster has been evolving...
One thing that everyone can agree on is that 2020 has been a bad year. For a long time there has not a lot to...
The watch media. It’s a funny old game isn’t it? In the old days the watch media consisted of a few magazines and the occasional...
Go BLUE for a good cause. Christopher Ward launches the C60 BLUE Limited Edition. The Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE) is a charity which aims to...
Christopher Ward has a history of leaning towards the dark side. The C60 Titanium and last year’s C60 Abyss have shown that Christopher Ward know...
Christopher Ward (CW) declared that 2020 would be the year of the chronograph. For obvious reasons this has was delayed but October saw the release...
Super Compressor! It sounds like a feature from a Harley Earle era Cadillac featuring acres of chrome and tailfins to die for. As a watch...
The beast is back. Christopher Ward introduces the new C60 Chronograph In 2019 Christopher Ward declared that 2020 would be the “Year of the Chronograph”....