first watchmaker in the UK to earn a PhD in Horology. You’ve restored countless watches, often making each tiny, individual part by hand on a lathe you’ve rebuilt yourself in a business you started from scratch. You’ve just written a best-selling book that Radio 4 has snapped up and serialised as . And, while you were at it, you’ve summitted the ultimate watchmaking Everest, designing and building your own inhouse movement. Champagne, medals and justified self-satisfaction all-round, you’d think.
