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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

I've had a very rough patch lately (see the Tapering Strips thread) and this last week in particular has been hellish. The single biggest thing that has helped is having people to talk to. Andy’s...

The perezcope instagram "reveal" has run into the sand: predictably, it seems Norgay's sons aren't talking. They certainly don't seem willing to confirm what watch was worn on the summit. Why? ...

Matt your experiment is invalid because it doesn’t use goldfish.

Wilsdorf actually invented water, fish and time itself— all Rolex “firsts”. A lot of people think Jesus said “I am the Alpha and...

As above but 3 bedrooms are more rentable than 2 and some areas have better price:earnings ratio (you want somewhere in the sweet spot between high employment rates and low property prices)

This thread is another reason why I love tz-uk (or dadsnet as my wife calls it).

I’m fond of a torch or two but this has sent me down a (well-lit) rabbit hole.