English watches?

[Mr. Magoo]

whoami said:

Interesting.

My 45 year old 5512 keeps better time than anything else in my collection.

Yours must need servicing and/or regulating.

Really? Check its not got seiko guts?

[whoami]

Mr. Magoo said:

whoami said:

Interesting.

My 45 year old 5512 keeps better time than anything else in my collection.

Yours must need servicing and/or regulating.

Really? Check its not got seiko guts?

I'll do that next time I change the battery.

[daveenty]

whoami said:

I'll do that next time I change the battery.

Touché

[mcpiston]

daveenty said:

whoami said:

I'll do that next time I change the battery.

Touché

Or perhaps ébauche

[GC8]

XJSJohn said:

as this thread has been resurrected, my resurrected Smiths Everest, courtesy of the recommendation on this thread!!



I do like that it says "Made in England" on the bottom of the dial!!

Lovely work done, but does need a few more tweaks (watch was in an embarrassingly bad condition) so will be back to UK again in a jiffy bag soon!

Steve Burrage?

[SUPERRITZ]

Great Little Video in advance of Salon QP. Mind you I am biased, my own Loomes Chrono is just waiting for a new strap before it becomes a new Daily Wear.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/lifestyle/sal...

[tertius]

These people are claiming a high degree of English-ness: http://www.meridianwatches.com/

[robert loomes]

I drifted back to pistonheads (and this post) having just bought a dark blue 1996 Jaguar XJS as a daily driver (I don't commute, so not that harsh). I reassure myself all the time: "less than the cost of a Ford Fiesta". And it is very British.

Forgive me for raking back over a few bits in this old, old, thread...

Meridian are vary clever on the technical side. They made my first ever batch of dials. I've seen proper watchmaking going on in their workshops. I didn't care for the style of their watches - I didn't think it was classy enough on the outside to reflect how much effort and genius went into the inside. Ones to watch.

I've known Steve Burrage for years. Lovely guy, top repairer.

We've now built our own high-speed, 4 and 5-axis machining centres in Stamford (at the cost of a small house)so we can machine all the components we need: cases, stems, dials, crowns, etc...without leaving the building let alone the country. Very pleasing.

Did I mention I saw some of the chaps from Accurist over the summer? Rumours of a fully jewelled automatic Accurist for a few hundred pounds and sounding more British than Bremont? I want one already.

We don't do odd sales tactics like "there's only one left". Frankly I wish I had made 250 of those blasted chronographs they sold so well. But I'm chipping away trying to just to make an all-British watch and my customers still say, "oh I did like that chronograph you made". Arghh...

No, all is calm. I have the stately Jaguar to unwind in.
Very best, Robert

[s3pc1989]

Loved this thread and particularly appreciated Robert Loomes contributions. Also jealous of his classic Jaguar purchase....!

Quietly also very pleased that the modest, simple Accurist dress watch my wife bought for me 15 years ago has some valid claim to Englishness. Yes, it's quartz, small by modern standards and very unassuming - but is a total keeper.....

[CardShark]

Good to hear a watch maker give their opinion on another. 95% of what I've read about Meridian hasn't exactly been flattering, though a reasonable chunk of that has been about their (objective) looks.