The State of British Watchmaking with Jonathan Hughes
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- Watch lover Jonathan Hughes is more than just an aficionado of fine British watches. Along with being a renowned expert in military watchmaker CWC, his 250-piece collection shows off the best of homegrown horology. We sat down with the man himself to discover just why British watches are the mainstay of his collection.
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Jonathan has such an immense knowledge. Interesting to hear about some key British watch brands.
Thank you, Thomas - appreciate your kind words!
Great interview. I thought Jonathan was just the Guru on CWC - but wealth of knowledge on British brands is incredible. Thanks for sharing.
A pleasure!
Great interview. It's always interesting to hear about brands I wasn't previously aware of.
Thanks, Thierry - glad to be able to talk about some of the smaller brands with Sam!
Thanks to OT and Jonathan, interesting discussion.
very interesting fella
Thank you!
Very interesting guy. Sounds like he should invest in some British watch brands. He'd certainly be a good mentor to some of the microbrands
Is Christopher Ward relevant in the British watchmaking, confused to why it wasn't mentioned, i know Mike France was mentioned but only in passing. I spoke to Nick English from Bremont recently and when i mentioned Christopher Ward he said they were not British watchmakers. i have a Bremont and 2 Christopher Ward and want to support British watch making, but sometimes i am confused. Good interview by the way.
Yes, Christopher Ward is a British brand - which owns its own in-house manufacturing in Switzerland. Bremont and the English brothers are regrettably pushing the myth that to be a British watchmaking you have to make the movements in Britain (which isn't true - much of Swiss movement components is imported from other countries for instance!). And then compounding that with the fanciful tale that they make movements in Britain (which also isn't true - they make a few movement plates and engrave some casebacks). Nothing wrong with Bremont watches per se (I used to own one), but their marketing of themselves as a pioneer in British watchmaking is an exaggeration to say the least!
Has Brexit killed British watch manufacturing yet?
Lol, of course not, it's just getting stronger.