The State of British Watchmaking with Jonathan Hughes

[@eddyramblor]

Jonathan has such an immense knowledge. Interesting to hear about some key British watch brands.

[@jonathanhughes4210]

Thank you, Thomas - appreciate your kind words!

[@duketogo666]

Thanks to OT and Jonathan, interesting discussion.

[@verykeen2please]

very interesting fella

[@jonathanhughes4210]

Thank you!

[@DavidBurns174]

Is Christopher Ward relevant in the British watchmaking, confused to why it wasn't mentioned, i know Mike France was mentioned but only in passing. I spoke to Nick English from Bremont recently and when i mentioned Christopher Ward he said they were not British watchmakers. i have a Bremont and 2 Christopher Ward and want to support British watch making, but sometimes i am confused. Good interview by the way.

[@jonathanhughes4210]

Yes, Christopher Ward is a British brand - which owns its own in-house manufacturing in Switzerland. Bremont and the English brothers are regrettably pushing the myth that to be a British watchmaking you have to make the movements in Britain (which isn't true - much of Swiss movement components is imported from other countries for instance!). And then compounding that with the fanciful tale that they make movements in Britain (which also isn't true - they make a few movement plates and engrave some casebacks). Nothing wrong with Bremont watches per se (I used to own one), but their marketing of themselves as a pioneer in British watchmaking is an exaggeration to say the least!

[@sgoody1]

Great interview. I thought Jonathan was just the Guru on CWC - but wealth of knowledge on British brands is incredible. Thanks for sharing.

[@jonathanhughes4210]

A pleasure!

[@thierrylamberger5858]

Great interview. It's always interesting to hear about brands I wasn't previously aware of.

[@jonathanhughes4210]

Thanks, Thierry - glad to be able to talk about some of the smaller brands with Sam!

[@deanwoods9294]

Very interesting guy. Sounds like he should invest in some British watch brands. He'd certainly be a good mentor to some of the microbrands

[@frankowot4]

Has Brexit killed British watch manufacturing yet?

[@davids.2317]

Lol, of course not, it's just getting stronger.