This Week (in Watches) Today, 31 March 2024: 7 things you should know
Falling Swiss Exports While Swiss watch exports may have seen a record in 2023, recent shorter-term results have indicated that not all is well...
Falling Swiss Exports While Swiss watch exports may have seen a record in 2023, recent shorter-term results have indicated that not all is well...
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...
And just like that and we are in week 3 of January. Time flies doesn’t it? It’s a good thing we have these expensive pieces...
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...
This year has been a tremendous year for watch releases. From the bigger brands, we have seen Rolex release colorful fun dials (something we...
This week, we kick off with the culmination of the months of buildup with the Oscars of the watch world, GPHG. Then we look at...
This week, we call time of death on Only Watch (at least for the near future), look at the performance of HODINKEE x Ed Sheeran’s...
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...
It’s the time of the year again, GPHG is just around the corner (9 November 2023), where brands compete in multiple categories in the Oscars...
The week started off with some interesting questions being asked of Only Watch, the weight of which is balanced out by cool releases from Grand...
There is no denying that Christopher Ward had a great year. With watches like the Bel Canto and The Twelve, the brand has cemented its...
It has been a remarkable week. Acquisitions, marriages and engagements among many others. The first two of course being related to Rolex’s acquisition of Bucherer,...
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...
This week, we have the Every Watch auction that is driven by Scottish Watches with Lyon & Turnbull for Maggies, as well as a friendly...
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...
It’s Oscar season! Did it live up to your expectations? What did some of the winners wear on their wrists? That’s what we have for...
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...
Well, here we are, it is 2023 and I think we have seen watch cases made of every material possible, Hublot has done some outstanding...
It is hard to review a watch that carries so much weight, especially if you feel that is more than an object, the Alliance 01...
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...
This is it, we are at the end of 2022, with just one more day to go. This year has truly been amazing in terms...
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...
The word luxury and sustainability have been compared/criticized many times in the last few years, is not something that we often see but, there are...
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...
It’s my wedding anniversary today ! But thats not whats important. In the world of watches, it has been a week of auctions with Cartier...
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...
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...
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...
Summer season is upon us with a diverse range of strategic moves in the watch world along with several fun new releases. This week, we...
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...
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...
Scottish Watches Podcast #196 : New Panerai, Chopard, Seiko Plus More Rants The new Chopard 1400cc Twin Cam 16 valve K series. Rick Rants follows...
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”....
Scottish Watches Podcast #188 : A New Hautix Episode With Bark and Jack plus Tenn and Two So we are back with the gang and...
Scottish Watches Podcast #177 : AP, CW, GS and More Plus Rick Nearly Dies We start off with this for timing eggs not as good...
The microbrand sector of the watch industry is one that divides the opinion of the enthusiast community. It has its fervent followers and fans, and...
The Kosmopoliet’s unusual design is stuck between two worlds but offers real fun and wearability. To me, the GMT is the most emotionally loaded complication...
One of the key messages from the Covid-19 pandemic has been to “support local business”. Instead of putting pennies in the pockets of massive global...
Scottish Watches Podcast #130 : Lockdown Watch Chat I spend the episode trying to wake up a sleepy Rikki, who was having too big of...
What a start to 2020 it has been. In just a short 11 days, Trump almost started a war, Iran shot down a Ukranian jetliner,...
Scottish Watches Podcast #104: Happy New Year Listeners – Our 2019 Review My Ponzi scheme is in full flow and this time I am coming...
Rikki is flying solo to Englandshire, no chance I was going there. Rikki is joined by Joshua Flagg the man behind Watch It All About...
Since finding out about Red Bar, I have always been envious of the watch get-togethers that seem to be often organized in various parts of...
It will soon be Halloween but this is not our Halloween Episode. Does anyone remember pipes the ghost? Rikki is still wearing the Bulova. We...
So, you expected show notes huh? That makes two of us – Rikki Never expect show notes – Rick. So we started with a live...
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...
Its your Monday morning dose of watch chit chat from the two Ricks, and so here are your show notes, First up movie Fletch with...
Christopher Ward have been an awesome brand to us here at Scottish Watches from the very first few weeks we were starting this website and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Thanks again to Two Broke Watch Snobs for recognizing our greatness. We interview another great watch brand based on these shores, Christopher Ward from Mike...
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...
We are all about things close to home and Christopher Ward is a company that is not only very close to home, but also a...
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...
Its the end of week edition of the Scottish Watches Podcast. Its cold here but Rick feels it even worse. lots of watch talk, industry...
Thanks to a message from Kevin Wylie at the Christopher Ward Enthusiasts group on Facebook I had the privilege of being invited along to the...
Not so long ago the idea of having a meet up or get together (GTG) for watch enthusiasts might have sounded completely mental. I still...