Watchmakers Blog

There is a huge demand for competent and qualified watchmakers, but opportunities for learning the trade are limited. Find out how to become an apprentice.

My love affair with Seiko started when I was maybe five or six years old. My father used to have a big fancy silver Seiko watch which I always admired. I never knew how to tell the time back then, so I would always ask him, and we would both together look at the dial.

Sometimes this can be very obvious, other times the quality of a reproduction can be almost indistinguishable from the real thing. Get tips on how to identify fake watches and protect your collection.

Watch collecting can be a fascinating and rewarding past time, albeit sometimes frustrating.

Seiko is one of the most well known watch brands available today, but how many people know the history of how Seiko's diver focused range came to be?

Watchmaking is not often the most obvious choice in an apprenticeship for most young people and recent government cuts make it more difficult to bring new apprentices to the trade.

The Junghans mystery style clock was first patented in 1909 and was popular from 1910 to 1930. The clock section itself is a standard piece, but the statue came in several designs - Diana, kangaroo, elephant, boy with bat and onion boy.