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Micro Brands

HVILINA 12 Minutes: Game Collab Convertible is A Winner

There are many ways to promote a watch brand these days. You can market your Longines to the horsey brigade at Eventing, showjumping or similar gatherings, Rolex love that tennis vibe, Omega have done pretty well with the James Bond movie franchise up until the departure of Daniel Craig. But here’s a novel approach from HVILINA, an Eastern European brand which has just launched the … Continue reading HVILINA 12 Minutes: Game Collab Convertible is A Winner

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Pocket Watches

Hamilton Go Back To Their Railroad Roots

The pocket watch remains a staple accessory on those rare days where a man wears a suit. It adds a finishing touch and Hamilton haven’t forgotten their railway watch roots, as they launch this 50mm wide pocket watch. Got the old school big numerals, sub dial and it’s a top winder of course like all the best railroad watches of the 1890s-1910s. It will be … Continue reading Hamilton Go Back To Their Railroad Roots

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Pocket Watches

Little Bit of Peaky Blinders Magic From Ball Watches

It’s almost Peaky Blinders season in the UK. That’s the time of year from Easter to about mid-July, when men of all ages squeeze into ill-fitting houndstooth check suits, add a pocket watch plus fob chain and start drinking at 8am. Then they board an 3 Advisory MoT minibus, driven by a retired cabbie with macular degeneration, bound for the champagne bars of Aintree, Goodwood, … Continue reading Little Bit of Peaky Blinders Magic From Ball Watches

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Watch market news

Cadmore Online Watch Auction Preview

We took a look at the Cadmore online auction, which is fast approaching and has some interesting watches on offer. A 2010 Panerai Luminor with box and papers is worth a look, especially if you can get it for about £2600-£3200, as it is in mint condition. A new one is about five grand, so with the auction fees on top a final cost of … Continue reading Cadmore Online Watch Auction Preview

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Watch Repairs

Workshop: Basic Care Of Pocket Watches

I’ve been messing with pocket watches for about 6 years now and managed to fix a few. Some defeat me and there’s a simple reason; old age. The watch that is, not me. You see pocket watches built back in the 1880-1920 period are genuine antiques and frankly, many of them were not built to last over a century. Owners skimp on servicing, the cases … Continue reading Workshop: Basic Care Of Pocket Watches

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Classic Swiss

Richard Mille Re-Invents The Pocket Watch

Luxury watchmaker Richard Mille has given the old school pocket watch a modern twist, with a tourbillon movement inside a square case, attached to a keychain. It’s a high quality bespoke piece as you’d expect, with carbon fibre and titanium all over the shop. Inside is the RM20 movement and on the dial you’ll see a kind of gearbox indicator which lets you know when … Continue reading Richard Mille Re-Invents The Pocket Watch

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British Watches, Pocket Watches

Is The Peaky Blinders Pocket Watch Boom Over?

It seems like a year ago that I visited an Antiques Fair at the Macron Stadium near Bolton, although in fact it was but a couple of months ago. Back then, we watch hunters were free to roam charity shops, antique shops, backstreet pawn shops etc looking for timepieces of interest. Happy days! One thing I noticed while browsing the 100-ish stands at the antiques … Continue reading Is The Peaky Blinders Pocket Watch Boom Over?

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Pocket Watches, Vintage Watch Tips

Wired is Talking Garbage About Refurbished Vintage Watches & Here’s Why

As a former jounalist and editor, I have very little time for most mens’ lifestyle magazines. Buzzword-infested copy, lavishly photoshopped tech porn pictures and page after page of thinly disguised press releases, sponsored by big brand advertisers keen to sell gadgetry to men with `all the gear and no idea.’ Wired is a classic of this genre, with cod-scientific articles predicting various prism-shifting vistas of … Continue reading Wired is Talking Garbage About Refurbished Vintage Watches & Here’s Why

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