The latest addition to my collection is this Mappin Campaign trench watch, 1915. The name Mappin comes from Mappin & Webb, the iconic English jeweller.…
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This post is about a watch that I actually I wasn’t considering buying, mostly because it isn’t yet antique. However, it did have an interesting…
2 CommentsI have written before about how vague the term watchmaker can be. It could be a person who makes a complete timepiece. It could be…
4 CommentsI was recently admiring a modern Tag Heuer Carrera, which inspired me to investigate the history behind Edouard Heuer and his watch company. As a…
1 CommentI recently came across this interesting pocket watch branded with the Kendal & Dent brand. I was familiar with the name and I thought there…
2 CommentsAs I have mentioned in many of my previous posts, I enjoy researching antique watches as much as I enjoy wearing them. This particular watch,…
2 CommentsSometimes I come across an antique watch that captures my attention, but it is not really something that I am considering buying. It is a…
Leave a CommentI prefer my watches to be simple and do just one thing, tell the time. My collection doesn’t contain any watches with complications. I do…
Leave a CommentThe Roskopf or pin-pallet escapements are extremely simple watch movements. The movement design is named after its developer, the German-Swiss watchmaker Georg Friedrich Roskopf, and…
Leave a CommentThe long search for the elusive Borgel trench watch is finally over. It has taken two years for a suitable watch to become available at…
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