Reply With QuoteWatched it last night, and found it interesting. I don't know if it was my speaker but the acoustics were a tad annoying after a while, but otherwise good stuff.
Enjoyed seeing him talk about his own watch collection (of just 3 watches).
New interview with Roger Smith. Decent length interview which covers some old stuff, but also touches on the his open letter, the debate about British watch making and his Explorer and Seamaster chrono.
Watched it last night, and found it interesting. I don't know if it was my speaker but the acoustics were a tad annoying after a while, but otherwise good stuff.
Enjoyed seeing him talk about his own watch collection (of just 3 watches).
Fantastic video.
I love the fact he still plays with his Mamod steam engines.
Very interesting, thanks for posting.
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Quite an interesting watch, thanks for posting. Given me an appreciation for vintage watches. Liked the brief Explorer appearance.
This guy is an absolute legend, just like his mentor.
Time to start wearing my Explorer again, good enough for Roger, good enough for me.
Just after 12 minutes in he's talking about soldering on lots of little pieces on one complex dial, and explaining the danger with each act of soldering of ruining the whole thing, and he has trouble suppressing a cheeky smile just recalling it. There must be a real thrill in doing things like that by hand, and a deep pleasure in being able to have confidence in one's mastery of skills like that.
I liked the fact that he wants all of his employees to be able to leave his workshop with the same full range of skills he gained from working with George Daniels, so that any one of them is able to set up on their own like him. Would be easier for him to have each employee specialised in just a handful of tasks, but he's seeing the opportunity to build not only his own company but a whole tradition on what he learnt from Daniels.
Thanks Magirus.
It's a fascinating channel. I can hardly remove a pin without it pinging across the room, but love to watch how things are made.
Very interesting video, thanks for posting.
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very absorbing interview and I still regret not pulling the trigger on one of his first Series 2 watches before he started "mass" production. I debated with myself at the time whether to spend the £28k or so that he was planning to sell them at back in 2004 but in the end couldn't bring myself to spend such a sum on a watch and bought a Boxster instead..you can guess what happened to the relative values!
Thanks for the post
Keith
I could listen to Roger Smith all day. Full of admiration for the guy.
Now finished it. 26 minutes and not a second wasted
Was pleasantly surprised to hear one side of my family mentioned in the watchmaker's apprentice film...Originally Posted by nickyboyo
as apparently George was a consultant to old Mr Cuss in the 60's and used to come to their London shops (old clock makers Camerer-Cuss) so always interested in anything he and Roger have done
Only one of the sons still has a shop now which is a shame ....
Their new interview with Philippe Dufour is also worth a few minutes of your time...
https://watchxchange.london/blogs/wa...hilippe-dufour
I thought that was him trying to maintain the air of mystique about his infallible craftsmanship, while secretly thinking "you people have no idea how often we screw this up".
Actually, the videos on his YouTube channel are really interesting. They skip over a few crucial steps here and there, but they do show how they get from a wonky, bent and blackened gold bar to a perfectly finished case. I started with the first in that series and couldn't stop watching until the end of the last one. Planning to watch the rest when I don't have other things I should be doing.
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