Watchmaking in the UK

Watchmaking in the UK

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Watchmaking in the UK

A curated selection of Europa Star articles on the watch scene in the United Kingdom.

Studio Underd0g scores a win for team GB

Studio Underd0g scores a win for team GB

Touting serious watches with a playful twist, the one-man microbrand has fast become a sensation with watch enthusiasts and the media. Founder Richard Benc (...)

anOrdain: a Grand Feu pioneer emerges from Scotland

anOrdain: a Grand Feu pioneer emerges from Scotland

Hailing from the Scottish city of Glasgow, anOrdain is among a handful of watchmakers creating highly prized grand feu enamel dials in-house. Founder Lewis (...)

Vertex: beyond the “Dirty Dozen” fame

Vertex: beyond the “Dirty Dozen” fame

Best known for one of twelve models that make up the legendary collection of WWII military watches, British maker Vertex has staged an enthralling comeback (...)

Besides grail watches, Roger W. Smith is crafting a British watch sector

Besides grail watches, Roger W. Smith is crafting a British watch sector

Having scaled the heights of horology, Roger W. Smith sets out to turn the craft into a trade sector from ground zero. The lauded master admits the (...)

Garrick Watchmakers: the curious case of British High Horology

Garrick Watchmakers: the curious case of British High Horology

With a full order book for the next three years but a dedication to making hand-crafted watches in limited volumes, Garrick co-founder, David Brailsford, (...)

Fears Watch Company: renewing a 177-year family business

Fears Watch Company: renewing a 177-year family business

Once the largest watch manufacturer in the West of England, the British firm has risen, phoenix-like, from the ashes since 2016. After fading into oblivion (...)

Bremont is set to resurrect British watch manufacturing

Bremont is set to resurrect British watch manufacturing

After a 50-year hiatus, Bremont’s H1 Generation heralds a new dawn for industrial-scale British watchmaking. Managing Director Chris Reynolds gets down to (...)

Christopher Ward: plotting sector domination

Christopher Ward: plotting sector domination

PORTRAIT

Not content with bringing a new cachet to affordable watches with its C1 Bel Canto boasting a Sonnerie au Passage complication, Chief Executive, Mike (...)

The secret rise of London cult brand Mr Jones Watches

The self-proclaimed “unforgettable British watch company” has been quietly making waves for 15 years. Its new brand store is set to surprise and engage more (...)

British watchmakers aim for the billion

British watchmakers aim for the billion

PORTRAIT

Launched exactly two years ago, the Alliance of British Watch & Clock Makers is promoting the revival of the country’s watch industry. We spoke to (...)

Salon QP: victim of its own success?

Salon QP: victim of its own success?

WATCH SHOW

Hearst Europe, publishing giant and owner of SalonQP, has cancelled the 10-year old event, which had become a major landmark on the watch calendar. There (...)

The legacy of George Daniels

The legacy of George Daniels

A SPECIAL EXHIBITION BY PHILLIPS

The auction house will display some of the most incredible horological works by independent watchmakers, from May 9 to May 12 in Geneva. Expect to see (...)

Great Britain: a horological superpower for 200 years

Great Britain: a horological superpower for 200 years

GUEST COLUMN

For about 200 years before the 20th century, Great Britain boasted undisputed supremacy of watchmaking, thanks to the British Empire’s global maritime (...)