Bell & Ross began selling watches back in 1992, although in those days, their watches were made by Sinn. Since then, they have designed watches for astronauts, pilots, divers and even bomb disposal experts. Although announced at Basel this year, SalonQP was the first time that the BR 01-02 Compass…
SalonQP saw the pre-Basel 2011 launch of Bremont Watch Company‘s new B-1. The B-1 is Bremont’s first in-house produced piece, a marine clock which draws on the memory of John Harrison’s marine chronometers from the eighteenth century, while applying the aeronautical cues for which Bremont has become so admired. The…
Dr George Daniels MBE CBE FSA may be the world’s greatest living watchmaker. Certainly he revived the art of handmade watchmaking in the 20th century and has produced some of the most incredible pieces that I have ever seen. With Roger W Smith, he has also created a range of…
In the main hall of SalonQP this year, huddled under a desk lamp, and hunched over a very small object was a lady. From afar, she looked liked she could have been doing a spot of brain surgery or perhaps laboratory work, as she peered through the twin eyepieces of…
After London’s SalonQP 2010 VIP event last Thursday (11th November), I caught up with a very dear friend for a post-match debrief. It took a while – there were many things to discuss (and the Guinness at the Mason’s Arms deserved a decent go). But one thing we did talk about was the…
Giuliano Mazzuoli is a designer with a penchant for watches. Having released the Manometro range in 2004 to not inconsiderable acclaim, he’s spent the past few years trying to develop a second range of watches. Now, finally, and after four year’s effort Mazzuoli has released the Contagiri, a watch with three…
Just been asked a question on Twitter: Why did Bell & Ross, Sinn, Beuchat, etc all try and make a seriously WR watch in the mid-90s? So I thought I’d try and write down some thoughts. In the history of deep watches, Rolex were the first, with their Deep Sea…