Charles Frodsham & Co: Independently Driven
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...
Category: british watchmaking
An interview with Roger W Smith
While attempting to discover when The Watchmaker’s Apprentice would be available on general release, I was approached by DAM Production’s / Bulldog ...
The Watchmaker’s Apprentice
The Watchmaker’s Apprentice – the story of the late Dr George Daniels and his apprentice, Roger W Smith – has had a succession of succe...
Horology-inspired jewellery from James Harris
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 London: breathing new life into old movements
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...
Through a glass, darkly
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...
The Bronze Age
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...
Ellisian Fields
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, ...
Taking flight
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...
D L C
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...