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I see signs of the market softening for new and/or high end stuff but prices at the Birmingham watch fair yesterday still seemed strong.

Vintage market looks to have plateaued in the last couple...

The real lottery winners are the Boomers (my parents' generation).

I'm Gen X (born 1971) -- less lucky, but fortunate to own my own home. I certainly can't complain.

My kids (b. 1997 & 2002)...

Perezcope's perciope here gives Smiths due credit.

The word is spreading, despite Rolex's mendaciousness

no but they are the only way to really deep clean a bracelet

I wonder if the new "compass rose" design on the dial is a nod to the NATO logo?

Either way, I hope they return to their stated aim of manufacturing movements in the UK. If they could supply...

Surely they should have a tacky-meter bezel?

Well, people bought into it. I just found the whole "crash landed in a French farmer's field" thing slightly . . . overplayed at best, if not downright fanciful.



Yeah, I'll concede that. ...

You might want to look at how that ended for Kobold.

Yes. The (tangible) book value aka net asset value of the company would seem to be minimal.

By devaluing the brand they’ve lost the one thing Bremont had.

I can’t see this ending well for...

And still there's articles claiming Rolex did it!

This, from 6 months ago:

https://www.themanual.com/fashion/rolex-and-smiths-watches-made-first-mount-everest-summit/

"Rolex and Smiths: The...

Breakfast? My high fibre cereal certainly does. Keep me regular as (imported) clockwork.

They've gone from Bre-montre to Bre-monstrosity.

Still, at least the prices are the same.

You definitely have a type, as my daughters would say.

I was going to do a joke* but decided against it

* "WIS seeks date with large hands and black face; must be solidly built and easy to...

Whenever I hear anyone use the words "alchemy" or "alchemist" I think of the John Finnemore sketch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i7g5em_Iug

What, in 50 years' time Timefactors will be making them? Well, I guess that's kind of already happened: the new Bremonts carry the name but not much, if any, of the DNA. Perhaps Eddie's Smiths are...

MrBanks doesn't come across as disgruntled, much less as bitter, but more as someone who has seen how the sausage is made.

If it's any consolation Smiths watches were a loss-making operation all...

Without re-quoting again I did want to say how much I enjoy the Earl's posts.

I had high hopes for Bremont. Their actually offerings have never been my thing particularly but as a fan of...

Hi All

I have a watch with a ETA 2824-2 and I wondering whether I can put a dial and handset from a Miyota 9039 on it?

Are the feet in the same position? And is the canon pinion the same?
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Those are the Cheltenham made watches; after 1971 Smiths stopped manufacturing in-house English movements and used Swiss ones instead

I shall be giving this talk (more or less) at Magdalen College, Oxford, tomorrow. So I'd better re-watch it and take notes!!

Thanks. Pretty sure that doesn't have the micro-adjust mechanism though.

Will this fit the Forstner or Uncle Seiko bracelets?

Looks like a top bit of kit

Since the announcement that, sadly, Phoenix straps will soon be no more I thought maybe we could put together a gallery of pictures?

Here's a couple of late 1960s watches with some natty / tatty...

Monnin or "Monnin"? Copying the design doesn't equate to copying the quality. With the Chinese watches I've owned it's been the case that lets them down; I miss the days when Eddie et al. used...

Video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEezvX-pVzk&ab_channel=Escapement24