Watch & Brew

A collection, documented.

Every watch here gets a page, a specification and a record that grows — what it is, where it came from, and everything that has happened to it since. Written down properly, because a watch outlives the memory of who serviced it.

The Vacheron Constantin 4465 square-on, off its strap, showing the whole silvered dial and the shaped lugs.

Vacheron Constantin

Vacheron Constantin ref. 4465, white gold

A 1951 Vacheron Constantin in 18K white gold — silvered dial, applied Maltese cross, automatic calibre 477 — confirmed by an extract from the manufacture's own archives.

The Vacheron Constantin ref. 7753 square-on and off its strap, the whole white gold case filling the frame with the crown at three.

Vacheron Constantin

Vacheron Constantin "Tank", ref. 7753, white gold

A white gold Vacheron Constantin "Tank", ref. 7753, running calibre 1003 — one of the thinnest mechanical movements ever built. With its original pouch, booklet and signed gold buckle.

A Must de Cartier Tank in vermeil with a deep red lacquer dial and gold hands, on a burgundy lizard strap.

Cartier

Cartier Tank Must, vermeil

A Must de Cartier Tank in vermeil — gold over sterling silver — with an oxblood lacquer dial, a blue cabochon crown, and almost nothing else to say for itself.

A Titoni wristwatch with a white dial, baton markers and a date window, on a brown alligator strap.

Titoni

Titoni

A slim Titoni dress watch with a faceted bezel, a white dial and a date — the kind of Swiss watch that sold in enormous numbers in Asia and almost nowhere else.

A small vintage West End Watch Co. wristwatch with an aged cream dial and Arabic numerals.

West End Watch Co.

West End Watch Co.

A small mid-century West End Watch Co. — rolled gold bezel, steel back, and a cream dial that has aged into something better than it started.

A full-metal Casio G-Shock square with a black finish, its negative LCD showing the time.

Casio

Casio G-Shock GMW-B5000

The square again, this time machined out of steel. Same silhouette as the resin one, four times the weight, and it changes the whole character of it.

A black resin Casio G-Shock square, its negative LCD showing the time, with MULTI BAND 6 and TOUGH SOLAR printed on the dial.

Casio

Casio G-Shock GW-M5610

The square. Tough Solar, Multi-Band 6 radio sync, twenty bar, and a shape Casio has barely touched since 1983 because it was right the first time.

A Garmin Instinct Tactical with a sage green case and strap, its monochrome screen showing the time and a battery gauge.

Garmin

Garmin Instinct Solar, Tactical Edition

The one that is not really a watch. GPS, a monochrome screen you can read in full sun, and a battery measured in weeks rather than hours.

A steel Harvard Polo Club wristwatch with a silver dial and a date window, on a steel bracelet.

Harvard Polo Club

Harvard Polo Club

A steel Harvard Polo Club on a bracelet — silver dial, date at three, sapphire crystal. Not a Swiss watch and not pretending to be.

A Timex wristwatch with a deep blue dial and slim baton markers, on a brown leather strap.

Timex

Timex, blue dial

A blue-dial Timex on a brown leather strap. The cheapest watch here by an enormous margin, and the one that has been worn the most.