Retro – The Little Machines

Breitling 41 Airborne, a short-lived treasure

As I think is well known to regulars, I like a Breitling. Wonderful company, fabulous history, and a genuine and deep link to aviation. I just love the way they do things in terms of design, function and robustness. Few watch companies make pieces as solid, capable, handsome and batterable as a Breitling, and uniqueContinueContinue reading “Breitling 41 Airborne, a short-lived treasure”

Off the rails – the decline, fall and rebirth of the Railway Watch

This is an article which is, eventually, going to be about the Omega “Trilogy” Railmaster 60th Anniversary Limited Edition; but between now than then it’s also going to skate over the state of the male psyche, which I’ll tell you now doesn’t come out of it well, and the end of steam travel, as wellContinueContinue reading “Off the rails – the decline, fall and rebirth of the Railway Watch”