British Watchmaking News

FEATURES

by Staff WriterFebruary 11, 2025February 11, 2025

For one day only: Every special edition for British Watchmakers Day

Last week’s unveiling of the full list of participants for British Watchmakers’ Day 2025 serves to highlight the growing significance of local watch shows and fairs. With multiple events emerging across different cities and countries, from the mighty Dubai Watch ...

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NEW PRODUCTS

by Staff WriterMarch 7, 2024March 7, 2024

BRITISH WATCHMAKERS’ DAY: Christopher Ward creates ten special Bel Canto watches for the show

As a founding brand of the Alliance of British Watch and Clockmakers, Christopher Ward is gearing up to celebrate this inaugural event with an exclusive release, bringing a limited run of 10 Bel Canto watches for purchase at the event. ...

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LEAD STORY

by Robin SwithinbankMarch 7, 2024March 7, 2024

It’s wake up time for British watchmaking

I came across a word that appealed to my otherwise well buried lexicographer the other day: antonomasia. Loosely, antonomasia is a substitution for a name that, with repetition, can become as well understood as the name itself. The Fab Four, ...

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LEAD STORY

by Staff WriterAugust 10, 2023August 10, 2023

One-off Roger Smith Series One could cause a MoonSwatch-style scrum at British Watchmakers’ Day

‘British Watchmakers’ Day’ - the first major show dedicated to British watch brands is announced for March 2024 ...

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LEAD STORY

by Rob CorderNovember 26, 2019November 26, 2019

Roger W Smith to deliver the annual George Daniels Lecture tomorrow

Along with his commercial work making a highly limited number of watches from his Isle of Man studio, Mr Smith has become a passionate advocate for bringing watchmaking back to the UK. ...

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EDITOR'S CHOICE

by Rob CorderJune 13, 2019

EXCLUSIVE: Bremont will produce its first prototype watches using an in house movement in 2020

British watchmaker on track to fulfill its lifelong mission to bring commercial manufacturing back to the UK. ...

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NEWS

by Daniel MalinsSeptember 27, 2018September 27, 2018

FHH watchmaking course comes to the UK

The British Academy of Jewellery will be delivering the Watch Essentials course from its London offices. ...

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EDITOR'S CHOICE

by Rob CorderApril 26, 2017

Christopher Ward offers a jumping hour complication in a C1 Grand Malvern

Christopher Ward has reworked an edition of its C1 Grand Malvern range into a jumping hour timepiece. The C1 Grand Malvern Jumping Hour tells the time using a sweeping minute hand and an accompanying aperture at 12 o’clock which displays the hour as ...

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NEW PRODUCTS

by Rob CorderFebruary 23, 2017April 14, 2017

Christopher Ward adds regulator timepiece to its Aviation collection

Christopher Ward has added to its Aviation Collection with a limited edition named the C8 Regulator. The Swiss-made watch, which will retail online at the Christopher Ward website for £1,350, comes in a 44mm sandblasted DLC case housing a Unitas ...

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EXHIBITIONS

by Rob CorderFebruary 8, 2017

Robert Loomes says exports are surging for its British-made watches

Robert Loomes, a watchmaker that builds luxury timepieces to order at its Lincolnshire workshop, says business is booming on the back of surge of interest in British-made goods. “With Brexit playing into the hands of foreign investors, British watches have ...

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LEAD STORY

by Rob CorderJanuary 27, 2017January 27, 2017

Impact of Brexit finally forces Christopher Ward to raise prices by 9%

British watchmaker Christopher Ward held prices for as long as it could, but bowed to the inevitable today, raising prices across its range by 9%. It is the last of the major brands to raise prices, after Swatch Group raised ...

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FEATURES

by Staff WriterAugust 12, 2013

Flying the flag: British revival

The British watch industry has a lot to be proud of. Brands and watchmakers continue to emerge from the UK with excellent products, savvy marketing and astute business plans, all of which contribute to the growth of British watchmaking, by ...

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INTERVIEWS

by Staff WriterFebruary 26, 2013

INTERVIEW: Peter Speake-Marin, Speake-Marin

British watchmaker Peter Speake-Marin began his watchmaking career in Hackney in the 180s and is today poised with the world at his feet. He tells Kathryn Bishop about his globetrotting journey, experiences as an independent watchmaker and his plans to ...

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Others

by Staff WriterApril 10, 2012

VIDEO: George Daniels watchmaking in 1999

A short film made of the late watchmaker George Daniels has been released, having first been made by the BBC in 1999. The film shows Daniels working from his Isle of Man watchmaking residence Riverdale, ahead of the millennium. It ...

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