As some of you may remember, my favourite watch is one that was made for a few short years from 1973: the Aquadive Time-Depth, an electronic** watch with an oil-filled Bourdon Tube depth gauge, that was the first of its kind. It also came in a rather fetching orange dial…
Continuing the theme, three more brief highlights from SalonQP 2011. The HWM Tensus [Image (c) HWM] Four: There’s still more that can be done to the humble hand-wind. Heritage Watch Manufactory were showing two models at SalonQP – the Tensus and the Magnus – both of which contain highly modified manual wind…
A quick canter round the dial, highlighting a few of the watches, experiences and conversations I most most enjoyed at SalonQP 2011. Bell & Ross WW1-92 Military One: The Vintage WW1-92 Military. A cheeky little number from French brand Bell & Ross, based on early pilots watches. The WW1-92 Military…
The Eddystone Lighthouse, (C) Howzey A quick warning: I’m pretty sure that you will read / hear quite a bit about Schofield in the coming weeks. The East Sussex-based company seemed to capture the hearts and minds of many visitors to SalonQP 2011, who appeared to relish in another modern,…
Peter Speake-Marin’s Spirit Pioneer was launched on Thursday night at SalonQP at the Saatchi Gallery in London. “Spirit is inspired by a timepiece I bought 15 years ago when I was restoring antique pieces in Piccadilly, London. It was an authentic military watch from the first half of the 20th century…
Where to start? First of, with a series of thank yous to James Gurney (Editor QP Magazine) for the kind invitation to join him on the opening night of SalonQP 2011, and to all those at SalonQP for making tonight such an astounding success. There are a series of exclusives…
Well. SalonQP 2011 is only a few days away, and if it’s anything like last year, it’s going to be a fantastic event. I’m not quite sure what I’ve done to deserve an invite to the VIP Opening night on Thursday – as you know, I’m just your friendly, neighbourhood…
I was interviewed by James Gurney, editor of QP Magazine a few weeks ago for a piece he was writing for the Telegraph Magazine. Amazingly, there was actually a proper watch supplement in the paper too. One that, for whatever reason, appears not to be online. Which is a shame,…