british – Swiss Watch Makers https://swisswatchland.com Professional Watch Repair Sun, 03 Nov 2019 14:17:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 https://swisswatchland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-New-Swiss-Watchmakers-Logo-Watch-Repair-32x32.jpg british – Swiss Watch Makers https://swisswatchland.com 32 32 Top 5 British Watches https://swisswatchland.com/2018/07/30/top-5-british-watches/ Mon, 30 Jul 2018 17:51:14 +0000 https://swisswatchland.com/?p=3445 While many tend to focus more on popular watch brands from Switzerland, France, and United States, many forget about Great Britain’s innovations and inventions that brought up watchmaking in the 1750s. British watchmaking is making a return and down below are my top 5 British watches.

Bremont U-2/51-JET

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As one of the well-known British watch brands, Bremont seem to always produce high quality watches with simplistic and elegant attributes. Bremont’s designs are tied to the British military. This latest Bremont features a spy plane-inspired design and a chronometer rated automatic movement. RRP $6800

Garrick S1

Garrick strives to create each and every watch as fine and elegant as possible. They have even reproduced their own high-end in-house movement. The UT-G02 calibre inside the Garrick S1 takes up to four months to make by hand in the workshops of Garrick. It is also manually wound,  and featuring in-house free sprung balance, olive jewels, and gold chatons. RRP £23,329

Pinion Atom

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Pinion makes its base just outside of  Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. Founded in 2013, Pinion uses mostly German and Swiss movements and then assembles the watches in their UK base. The Pinion Atom is built and tested in Britain and features Arabic numerals and a well textured geometrical dial that catches the eye. RRP £790

Christopher Ward C65 Trident Diver

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Christopher Ward watches are all made in Switzerland, while headquarters are in Berkshire,   England. Since 2005, Christopher Ward has been seen as one of the only watch brands to bring excellence as Swiss brands did. Christopher Ward features elegant deep-diver watches  that is affordable. The C65 Trident Diver is a watch that is both a deep-diver and is perfect for formal occasions with a  retro-inspired design and a hand-wound movement. RRP £695. 

Roger Smith Series 4

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Saving the best one for last, this British list would be nothing without Roger W Smith who was the apprentice to the great master watchmaker George Daniels. Roger Smith produces only 10 handmade master pieces every year! The Series 4 introduces an instantaneous triple-calendar movement, and also featuring a single wheel version of the Daniels co-axial escapement.  RRP £250,000

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