Member Profiles


Alkin
Alkin is an independent watch company based in Bristol, UK. The brand was founded on an ambition to create high quality, accessibly priced mechanical watches that are designed with simplicity, functionality and longevity firmly in mind.


Alsta
After lying dormant for four decades, Alsta is again alive and kicking with a growing portfolio of timepieces. Alsta has a passion for design and craftsmanship and was brought back to life to bring romance back to wristwatches.


anOrdain
Glasgow based anOrdain are a world-leader in grand feu enamel dials, with a team of 15 working in their Scottish workshops designing, assembling and enamelling the watches. They are actively training more watchmakers and bringing more production in-house.


Anthony Gray Clocks
Anthony Gray Clocks specialise in the making of complex replicas of fine clocks and bespoke commissions for clients from all parts of the world.


Backes & Strauss
As the world’s oldest diamond company established in 1789, Backes & Strauss has created exceptional jewellery in Britain since 1800. In 2006 we entered the luxury diamond watch market, combining mastery in diamond-cutting with mastery in watchmaking and inspired by the architectural elegance of 19th century London.


Bamford London
Bamford London proudly presents a fantastic range of watches and meticulously crafted, top class accessories that have been designed to complement your lifestyle and re-define luxury as a truly personal statement.


Blenheim watch co
Founded by watch enthusiasts who are constantly striving for perfection throughout the creative process. The premium quality timepieces and lifestyle enhancements are proudly designed and assembled in our headquarters in Britain.


Camden
Founded by the Anglo-Swiss duo Jerome Robert and Anneke Short, The Camden Watch Company is not only designed in Camden, but inspired by Camden… by its rich industrial past and its vibrant, dynamic present.


Carrington Smith
Steve Carrington and Robert Smith take design inspiration from historic achievements in aviation, motorsport and space. They source as many components as possible from UK, and seek to use and help UK craftspeople. Their watches are hand assembled in Wiltshire.


Christopher Ward
Discovering they could access the same components and superb manufacturing as many of the Swiss big boys, three friends decided they would turn the industry’s distribution model on its head and launch the world’s first online only luxury watch brand with a simple aim, “to put premium watches within the reach of everyone.”


Duckworth Prestex
Duckworth Prestex is a new name with historic origins. Founder Neil Duckworth is the grandson of Frank Duckworth, who started making Prestex watches in the 1920s. Now Neil has revived the family firm, creating high-quality watches that are true to the spirit and design of the much-loved originals.


Elliot Brown
Elliot Brown create watches with extreme durability, attention to detail and English character. They’re built for adventure and that have naturally garnered collaborations with organisations who require best of breed equipment including the RNLI, Mountain Rescue, Land Rover and specialist branches of the British Military.


Etiqus
With the iconic golf bezel, subtle dimpled dial and a range of colour combinations inspired by golf our patented golf timepieces embody that unique spirit of the game.


Farer
Farer means to travel, to explore and the spirit of adventure is at the heart of our ethos. Our watches are inspired by the halcyon era of watchmaking, when bold colours and contrasting textures were combined with the very best craftsmanship.


Fears
One of Britain’s oldest family-run watch companies, the Fears story begins 175 years ago in 1846. Being a modern watch company with an extensive heritage we pride ourselves on not being slaves to the past while at the same time preserving our own traditions.


Freese
Freese Watches – Manufacturers of hand finished custom watches with Patina, making watches, watch dials and watch parts in the UK since 2016


Geckota
Geckota produces high-quality and eye-catching watches, designed in Britain, at an affordable price. Traditionally, watches have been either well-made or inexpensive, but rarely both. Geckota fills that gap. We also sell watch straps and create digital content, followed by a community of passionate enthusiasts.


GMT London
GMT London is an energetic and vibrant watch brand, offering simple watches that tell the time, and little else. With a focus on watches for children and teenagers we have created a range of watches with big personalities and a splash of colour.


Hamtun
Founded in 2016, Hamtun specialises in titanium watches. From day one we’ve been laser-focussed on making quality watches that people love at prices they can afford. Starting with a single collection at launch, Hamtun has now grown to hundreds of models over 6 collections and continues to grow.


Harold Pinchbeck
We’re a modern company with a 300-year-old family heritage in watch and clock making. Based in Lincoln, all our watches are designed, and built, in England, and include fine Swiss movements.


Horologium Precision
I am one of a small number of traditional clock manufacturers. Using my comprehensive workshop, I can make just about anything you can imagine. I make clocks ranging from modest ‘traditional’ designs, through to extreme and complex bespoke projects.


Isotope
Created in 2016 by José and Joana Miranda and based in England, Isotope Watches is an enthusiastic, driven, independent brand offering 1:1 service. At Isotope, we combine original designs with traditional solutions and a boutique approach.


Jonny Moore
Jonny Moore is a brand of classically styled watches with a reminder to the owner of ‘forgotten values’. A condition of ownership is to always be polite, generous, smile, kind and sporting. JM is a fast growing, ambitious brand and backed by some lovely high profile Brand Ambassadors.


Maals
Unique, UK designed timepieces inspired by a love of Italian cars, and classic timepieces.


Marchand
Founded by Daniel Brigham, a car racer and motoring enthusiast who had the desire to design and produce his own motor racing watches. Marchand Watches is known for being one of the most affordable racing watch brands in the UK and EU, offering a great variety of retro and modern inspired racing timepieces.


Marloe Watch Company
Marloe Watch Company is an independent designer and producer of wristwatches, established in 2015 by Oliver Goffe and Gordon Fraser. A chance meeting and a shared passion for manual mechanical movements ignited the fuse and Marloe Watch Company was born.


MHD Watches
Established in 2014, MHD Watches are an independent British watch brand who produce limited edition motoring watches with an engineered design aesthetic, inspired by automotive design techniques and classic car design cues.


Mr Jones
Mr Jones makes unusual watches which tell a story, start a conversation or simply make you smile. They’re a small, passionate team working from a London studio to bring you watches that are a bit different.


Nite
Nite is an independent British watch brand born from a spirit of independence with the simple mission to create exceptional watches to be worn with pride.


Pinion
Since 2013, South Oxfordshire based watchmaker, Pinion designs and builds watches using both modern and rare ‘new-old-stock’ vintage mechanical movements. Central to Pinion is a cohesive design language and method, ensuring a visual continuity runs through the entire Pinion watch range.


Roger W. Smith
Defined by their unique quality, rarity and advanced mechanical technology, watches by Roger Smith are among the most sought after and valuable in the world. Roger W Smith watches feature his ‘single wheel’ evolution of the Daniels co-axial escapement, which is the most advanced and energy efficient in the world.


Royal London
London is home to pop culture, the arts, innovation and tradition- this unique heritage is reflected in our collection of classic and contemporary watches. In 2018, we launched a fresh approach to our watches through our Made in London collection: watches created using high-quality components from all over the world and assembled in London.


Sidereus
Established in 2019, Sidereus watches are designed and hand-built in Ireland using modified Swiss-Made automatic movements. The inaugural collection, Brú na Bóinne, is inspired by the origins of horology and the marking of time in Ireland for over 5,000 years.


Sinclair Harding
Established in 1967, Sinclair Harding honours the historical tradition of fine English Clockmaking. With its range of beautiful hand crafted clocks, this unique company embraces the horological industry’s ideals for precision, quality and perfection.


Smith of Derby
Smith of Derby is one of the world’s best-known public clockmakers. A family-owned company since 1856, we custom design and manufacture our bespoke new clocks in our Derby based clockworks and are also proud of our heritage of expertise in restoring notable public clocks.


The 220 Watch Co
The 220 Watch Company manufacturer high quality watches offering excellent value for money. Producers of the William Walker, Diver Bill, and R. J. Mitchell watches. Swiss made movements, with designs inspired by heroes.


Thomas Ore
Inspired by Birmingham’s industrial heritage and Thomas Ore’s clockmaking prowess, we combine contemporary design, Swiss mechanics with a touch of added luxury through the addition of 26 jewels and polished stainless steel to produce watches that really stand out from the crowd.


Vertex
Vertex was first been established by Claude Lyons in 1916 in Hatton Garden, London. They became well know for the quality of the timepieces and in 1940s they became one of 12 official suppliers to the war office. Now under the watchful eye of Claude’s Great Grandson, Don Cochrane, they produce a range of pieces based around their military history.


Wessex
Founded in 2015 by Jamie Boyd, every single Wessex Watch is handmade to order in their Wiltshire workshop. Defined by unique handcrafted, engraved dials and fine Swiss movements, wearing a Wessex is a statement of individuality.


William Wood
Jonny Garret combined his love of watches and admiration for his late grandfather William Wood who was a decorated firefighter, to design luxury watches that are inspired by British firefighting and made from upcycled firefighting material that can stand the test of time.


Winton
Winton is an English company whose watches are designed for pioneers and urban adventurers, who choose to make their mark on the world, yet don’t shout about it. Inspired by Britain’s unsung heroes, all our watches are hand assembled in Switzerland.


Zero West
When a black-ops design engineer collaborates with a top graphic artist to design a unique range of British watches, you’d expect something pretty special, and in 2015 Collins and Brabyn did just that. The pair setup their boutique waterside south-coast studio and began designing and developing their range of aerospace standard statement watches; each having a unique British identity and story.
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