by Steve Porter | May 31, 2022 | Interesting
There can be no watchmaker less in need of an introduction than Rolex. Founded in 1905, in London, by a 24-year-old Hans Wilsdorf and brother-in-law Alfred Davis, the company was first known as Wilsdorf and Davis. They originally imported movements, housed them in...
by Steve Porter | May 30, 2022 | Interesting
Sitting in the middle of the Irish Sea between England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales is the Isle of Man. At just 50km long and 16km wide it’s pretty small, but what it lacks in size it more than makes up for in stature, especially if you like motorbikes! In June each...
by Steve Porter | May 24, 2022 | Interesting
It’s hard to believe it was 36 years ago that the handsome and very young Tom Cruise hit our screens as Naval Aviator, Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in Top Gun. There are no doubt plenty of blokes out there, probably now well into their fifties, who back in 1986...
by Steve Porter | May 23, 2022 | Interesting
Catch us if you can! Since the end of 2019 police in the UK have been trying to net two femme fatale responsible for stealing a huge number of luxury watches, mostly Rolex. They’ve struck at least fifty times, officially, but it’s likely to be a lot more as it’s...
by Steve Porter | May 19, 2022 | Interesting
Boasting enormous salaries and often an ego to match, many of the biggest names in sport aren’t seen without the obligatory premium watch. Here we take a quick look at five household names and what they wear, just for fun! David Beckham With an estimated net worth of...
by Steve Porter | May 13, 2022 | Interesting
John Starr March was employed as a mail clerk aboard the RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. He had, with him, a gold cased pocket watch produced by the Elgin National Watch Company. His story, like many others, is intriguing, but also very...
by Steve Porter | May 11, 2022 | Interesting
According to legend, experts said for years that the human body was simply not capable of a 4-minute mile. On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister, then a 25-year-old medical student, worked his morning shift at a London hospital before taking an afternoon train to Oxford in...
by Steve Porter | May 9, 2022 | Interesting
What possessions do you own that could potentially stick with you for the rest of your days? Apart from the obvious, precious and sentimental, like a wedding ring, we’d guess not too many. But, one reliable and often emotionally attached partner that does follow...
by Steve Porter | May 2, 2022 | Interesting
We’ve put together a little light reading for those of us with a passion for all things that tick. 1. A long time ago The Oxford English Dictionary records the word watch in association with a timepiece from at least as early as 1542. One account of the origin of the...
by Steve Porter | Apr 25, 2022 | Interesting
It’s no surprise that when it comes to saving the world, history’s most famous spy always arrives bang on time. Ask Goldfinger, Dr. No, Ernst Blofeld, Spectre, or any of his other evil adversaries and they’ll tell you that the suave, sharp-suited, and shaken not...
by Steve Porter | Apr 19, 2022 | Interesting
The answer is, we don’t really know, for sure! After months of planning and seven weeks of climbing, Sir Edmund Hilary reached the summit of Mount Everest on 29th May 1953, four days before the coronation of Queen Elizabeth ll. The “who” and “when” are black and white...
by Steve Porter | Apr 13, 2022 | Interesting
This is the somewhat bizarre but fascinating story about Albert Johnson Walker, currently serving a life sentence for the murder of Ronald Platt, and the Rolex Oyster Perpetual watch that brought him to justice. It started in 1990 when Walker, a financial consultant...
