I was recently admiring a modern Tag Heuer Carrera, which inspired me to investigate the history behind Edouard Heuer and his watch company. As a…
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I recently came across this interesting pocket watch branded with the Kendal & Dent brand. I was familiar with the name and I thought there…
4 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,…
3 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…
3 CommentsThe 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…
2 CommentsThe long search for the elusive Borgel trench watch is finally over. It has taken two years for a suitable watch to become available at…
Leave a CommentIn this Time Worn Watches post we take a look at a very interesting antique trench watch dating from 1918. The watch is a genuine…
Leave a CommentIn this antique pocket watch primer, we explore the terminology that is often used in discussions around antique timepieces. In this post, I will introduce…
2 CommentsA recurring theme in my blog posts is the “one that got away”. I enjoy researching my watches as much as I do wearing them.…
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