In this Sortie we’re going to take a look at the Spitfire’s most famous undertaking; the Battle of Britain. By the start of July 1940, Poland, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Norway had all been defeated by the relentless Nazi war machine. In less than a year since war had broken out, Britain, …
In this Sortie we’re going to take a look at the Spitfire in combat, and the experiences that led up to its greatest challenge; the Battle of Britain. If you missed the last Sortie, about the birth of the Spitfire, you can read that here. My wife’s grandfather, Clifford Page, was an aircraft engineer with …
In this Sortie, we’re going to take a look at how the Spitfire came to life and the man that worked tirelessly to make his dream a reality. If you missed the last Sortie about the challenges of making a watch in Great Britain, you can read that here. On 5th March 1936 at Eastleigh …
In this Sortie, we’re going to speak a little about the manufacturing of a watch and the challenge of making a watch that is genuinely “Made in Great Britain”. Then we’ll look at a fascinating story of how a wrist watch saved someone’s life. If you missed the last Sortie, where we look at the …
In this Sortie, we’ll see what it took to be a Spitfire pilot (one of “The Few”) and how modern Spitfire pilots compare. We’ll see how they used their watches. Then take a look at one of the new technologies that is being used in watchmaking. If you missed the last Sortie, you can see …
In this Sortie, we’ll look at the history of the original Spitfire pilot watches that inspired “The Few”, have a glimpse at the progress that is being made on the watch, and have a quick introduction to the watchmaker who is bringing the modern watches to life. If you missed the last Sortie, you can …
Sortie 2 – History of the Spitfire pilot’s watch Read More »
In this first newsletter, Sortie, I’ll give a brief overview of the inspiration for bringing “The Few” to life; a watch built from a WW2 Spitfire. The history of the legendary planes and the heroes that flew in them are central to the design of the watch; and the reason why it was important that …
