British Watchmakers Day Delivers!
Access to buy special watches. Chances to speak to brand owners and designers. Encounters with enthusiasts. Spotting watch celebs and grabbing a few selfies.
The day was all I hoped for and more!
Personally I managed to grab one of the Fears 1924 Brunswicks. A Studio Underd0g Pizza (Peppperoni of course I’m not a pervert!) And one of the very limited “Clemence” models. My mate grabbed one of the Mr Jones very limited jump hours. This was arriving at about 9:30 AM - so didn’t have to queue too long before the start!
Chatted to Nicolas from Fears, Richard from Studio Underd0g, and a long chat with Mike France from CW (also mastermind of the whole thing.)
YouTubers wise - had nice chats with Andrew from Time & Tide, Adrian Barker and @zachweiss. And rubbernecked at a few others ( @MWC2020, Ricky from Scottish watches, Jason from the Grey Nato, etc etc!) We were with Andrew when Adrian came over for a brief “about effing time” reunion.
What else? Well it was interesting to see Mike France deep in conversation with the head of Bremont (maybe they are finally coming in to the fold of the alliance.) And we were told of at least three secret upcoming watch launches by some of the individuals named above. We were pressed to secrecy but one collaboration in particular has me salivating!
Above all of that it was epic to chat to some really great people. From the smaller brands and also just other enthusiasts.
As far as I can see the event was a resounding success. So hopefully they do it again. Maybe every couple of years to keep it special!
Only a sighting / lap dance from @AndrewMorgan could have made it better! (I guess he and Britt Pearce are attending the afternoon session.)
Fairly new to watch collecting. Super fast collecting journey! I've had a bit of everything, small gold pretty watches, large rugged watches, vintage British field watches. From Casio to Patek and eve...
Looks like you had a great time.
I really need to get to a watch event, I really only ever buy watches online, which is no substitute for trying the watch before purchasing.
Thanks for sharing 👍
Wow sounds like an incredible day and congrats on the watches! Been wanting to meet Nicholas for a while.
That Fears looks AMAZING on you!
Chef's kiss
Really jealous of the Fears watch. An amazing piece.
Looks like an awesome day. I need to pay attention in my area for events like this.
I missed you! I was there in the afternoon
I missed you! I was there in the afternoon
Next time sir..