Category: Roger W Smith

Roger Smith reminds us to have fun with a MoonSwatch wristshot

On a personal level, I am well documented on the record in that I have no desire to purchase a Omega x Swatch MoonSwatch. I just cannot see a reason to bring it into my collection, recognising from my own wear patterns it would probably get very little wrist time. Maybe it is a bit … Continued

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9 months ago

The First Tourbillon Wristwatch Ever Made by Roger W. Smith Comes to Market

Delivered in 2010 after six years of work, the Roger W. Smith Tourbillon Commission No. 1 is a bespoke timepiece. Equipped with both a one-minute flying tourbillon – an unusual feature for an English timepiece – and an oversized date display, the watch is a departure from the archetypal Roger Smith wristwatch. In fact, the Tourbillon Commission No. […]

7 years ago

George Daniels Co-Axial Anniversary Edition By Roger Smith At Bonhams Auction

The first example of George Daniels’s Co-Axial Anniversary Edition by Roger Smith arrives at auction in the September 19, 2016 watch sale of Robert White’s collection of cars, motorbikes, watches, airplane memorabilia, and other items at Bonhams in London.
The timepiece powered by a manually wound, English-style movement, finished in frosted gold plate to Daniels’s exacting standards, and containing the famous co-axial escapement was made only in an edition of 35 pieces.

8 years ago