Forward: I can neither confirm nor deny that I wrote this piece as an excuse to justify why I was spending so much time exploring memes on Instagram under the guise of ‘research’ I often say that one of the things that draws me to the watch industry is following the evolution and dynamics […]
2018 has been a rather eventful year in terms of the number of shocking press releases being spewed out by major institutions in the watch industry. In the last few weeks of 2018 things seemed a little quiet… until the incumbent limelight star Baselworld unveiled a bombshell of a press release that has caught the […]
“And I for one shall dance on the ashes of your funeral pyre. Peace out” Those were the closing remarks from Revolution’s Wei Koh; in his somewhat infamous Baselworld article posted back in March. The contents of the article could pretty much be summarised as a well-seasoned critique on the culture and practices found within […]
Precursor: This article has been sitting half finished for a few weeks now. I decided to postpone it for the sake of exam focus but then decided to postpone it further due to bits of new information popping up which changed my perspective on things. I was struggling to come up with a cohesive conclusion […]
Backstory Since the start of his blog, I haven’t focused my content on any particular watch – to the extent that it can be called a ‘review’. I’ve featured anecdotes on my Instagram posts and have been offered to be sent some watches in the past – which I usually reject. I’ve always felt that […]
It’s been roughly two years since I first started the Watchrant. I thought it would be a fun little side project to broker me into the world of watches as well as keep me distracted from exam stress. During the course of my gap year, I thought I would be able to dedicate more […]
This blogpost will be a series of anecdotes that took place prior to my actual time at the fair – there won’t be many horological remarks here. The first note I’m going to have to make is the pronunciation of ‘baselworld’. With my typical London idiolect, I’m very tempted to pronounce it “bazzleworld” though those […]
I’m not someone to shy away from telling others my story of getting into watches – making it no particular secret that it was a Patek Philippe timepiece that got the ball rolling. I think in some way, having the name of the most respected watch label on the planet in my narration elevates the […]
It’s been a while since I’ve heard any major news around Breitling since their acquisition by CVC Capital Partners last year. The news story took the world of private equity and horology by storm given all the unusual variables involved. At the time just before the announcement of the acquisition news, Breitling was a label […]
It’s not often that I pay any particular attention to Microbrands. My exceptions are brands that have some form of entertaining factor that remotely separates them from the rest of their counterparts (in which there are a LOT). An example would be Code41 – who I gave a little bit of my time to, so […]
