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Category: british watchmaking

Steel Case, Arabic Dial ((C) Charles Frodsham & Co 2018)
british watchmaking/independents

Charles Frodsham & Co: Independently Driven

Posted on March 16, 2018 by the #watchnerd / 0 Comment

Nine years ago, in a piece in the BHI’s Horological Journal, Derek Pratt FBHI set out a history of double-wheel escapements. The article encapsulated many...

(C) Organic Marketing / DAM Productions
british watchmaking/independents

An interview with Roger W Smith

Posted on September 30, 2015 by the #watchnerd / 0 Comment

While attempting to discover when The Watchmaker’s Apprentice would be available on general release, I was approached by DAM Production’s / Bulldog ...

british watchmaking

The Watchmaker’s Apprentice

Posted on September 18, 2015 by the #watchnerd / 4 Comments

  The Watchmaker’s Apprentice – the story of the late Dr George Daniels and his apprentice, Roger W Smith – has had a succession of succe...

(C) James Harris (www.harrishorology.com)
british watchmaking

Horology-inspired jewellery from James Harris

Posted on April 3, 2015 by the #watchnerd / 2 Comments

James Harris, a student on the Horology BA degree course at Birmingham City University, has launched Harris Horology, a website to showcase his watch plans (the...

Struthers Regency - movement decoration
british watchmaking/independents

Struthers London: breathing new life into old movements

Posted on February 21, 2015 by the #watchnerd / 0 Comment

There’s an Egyptian deity associated with creation and rebirth, Bennu. Bennu was often portrayed in the guise of a heron, or possibly a wagtail, and playe...

Four-Minute Tourbillon
british watchmaking

Through a glass, darkly

Posted on December 29, 2014 by the #watchnerd / 3 Comments

There’s a lack of transparency in watchmaking. This isn’t news – the history of clock and watch production is littered with companies that use...

british watchmaking/reviews

The Bronze Age

Posted on December 23, 2014 by the #watchnerd / 0 Comment

The Bronze Age marks a significant stage in the development of modern humans; not only was some of the most interesting early sculpture flourishing within civil...

british watchmaking

Ellisian Fields

Posted on October 21, 2014 by the #watchnerd / 0 Comment

When I first met Giles Ellis (creator, owner, guru) and Matt Hopwood (designer, musician, collector of English love stories) at SalonQP almost three years ago, ...

british watchmaking

Taking flight

Posted on July 30, 2014 by the #watchnerd / 0 Comment

When the English brothers took to the small stage in the Science Museum’s Flight Gallery last Wednesday evening in front of an invited audience of Bremont owner...

british watchmaking

D L C

Posted on February 28, 2014 by the #watchnerd / 0 Comment

There’s a brief moment, after the long rains, when the storms break. The sun claws its way through the blackness to throw dappled rays across the sky like...

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