The History of Bremont – A British Success Story
At The Watch Collectors’ Club – we love to tell stories and host events. This blog explores the story of one of the most successful British watch brands: Bremont. If you want to explore Bremont watches in person, we are holding an event in Birmingham on 22nd of September. It will be held at the Bremont store […]
The Most Difficult Decade
For the Swiss Watch industry, the period of the 1970s is most commonly known as the Quartz Crisis. It is commonly understood to be a time period when inexpensive quartz movement powered watches led to a rapid decline in the sales of mechanical watches, which led to huge trouble amongst many Swiss watch companies and […]
Swatch – The making of an Icon
The Swatch watch is an icon for many reasons. It is a design icon. A low cost option who need to wear a watch as a tool to tell the time. It helped save the largest watch company in the world, and it has pioneered the display of radical modern artwork on watch faces and […]
Rafa Nadal and Richard Mille: A Match Made in Heaven
Introduction Watching the Wimbledon tennis tournament, you might have noticed that Rafa Nadal, one of the greatest tennis players of all time, wears a watch whilst he plays matches. You’ll probably be surprised to learn that the watches that he wears cost well over half a million dollars each. Even for an incredibly wealthy athlete, that is […]
The Story of the Speedmaster “Ed White”
The Omega Speedmaster is one of the most famous watches in the world. Since its launch in 1957, there have been many changes, improvements, case shapes, and limited editions, and the watch that was the first to land on the moon is rightly famous and popular. The one that preceded the Moonwatch is also huge […]
Was Abraham-Louis Breguet the most innovative Watchmaker of all?
The name Abraham-Louis Breguet is one of the most important in the history of watch-making, and his innovations are still found in the watches we wear today. Many of the features we take for granted all came from this one workshop over a period of around 50 years between 1775 and 1820. His success in […]
A Short History of the Chronograph
Chronographs are probably the most common complication, or additional function, found on modern wristwatches. Almost every watch brand will make a few different chronographs. If you want to see some of the wide range of chronographs available from the big luxury brands, then make sure to sign up to our latest event, which is taking […]
The Rolex Explorer Everest Controversy
The Rolex Explorer is a very famous watch and a key part of the Rolex lineup. It is a watch that’s changed little over the last 70 years and remains a simple and popular option for many. The most famous story connected to it is highly controversial. Today’s Blog Post will introduce and explore the […]
The Frogmen and the Birth of Military Diving Watches
The diving watch, which is arguably the most popular type of modern watch, has a fascinating history, involving spies, underwater explosives, and sabotage. This is part of that story. The First Dive Watches The first watch that was built for diving was the Omega Marine, which was commercially produced from 1932. It had a rectangular case […]
The Patek Philippe Nautilus – the most surprising icon in the Watch World
The Patek Philippe Nautilus is probably the most surprisingly successful watch in the whole of the watch world. It wasn’t a success for years after its launch, but the current status of this watch is extraordinary. It is, without doubt, the single hardest-to-get watch at retail value. People are regularly paying 3x the retail price […]