Oris Watches The Oris Watch Company was established by Paul Cattin and Georges Christian in 1904. Both of them came from the famous Swiss Jurassic region which was the watch making capital Le Locle. They take over a recently closed watch company called Lohner & Co. Then with only 24 workers they start the […]
Alpina Presentation to Jonny Bairstow Giuseppe Ferro, the Managing Director of Argento Fine Products Ltd, presented an Alpina Startimer Classic Automatic Chronograph to the cricket player Jonny Bairstow after his team, Yorkshire, played Somerset in Leeds. Alpina were one of the first leading manufacturers of Swiss Watches and today continue to work to the ideals […]
Bremont and Aviation Bremont Boeing range of watches. I found this very surprising, and I think you may find it very surprising too. The fact that watch making is a very British trade. Nearly all major escapement designs and approximately three quarters of watch innovations came from the UK. The Bremont Watch Company is […]
The Bremont Watch Company was named after a chance encounter over the fields of France. In the late 1990, Nick and Giles English were out flying in the old faithful biplane built in the 1930’s when a misfiring engine forced them to take an unscheduled landing. To hide from the French authorities the brothers […]
Graham is a British brand founded by Mr George Graham in 1721. George became master of the Clockmaker’s company in 1722 and he produced nearly 3,000 watches before his death in 1751. His ‘curious’ inventions are the inspiration behind every watch the brand has and will ever make. Graham Watches, as a brand, has grown […]
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