Scottish Watches Podcast #386 : Stories From The Watch World with Neil from Duckworth Prestex

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Welcome to the Scottish Watches Podcast – Episode 386! Neil Duckworth one of our and your favourite story tellers is back on to run us through the past year of his watch business. Though his watch company if about one year old, the man himself has decades of experience in the industry which you would have know by hearing his many stories in our last podcast with him. Thankfully, he has many more to tell from being the distributor of Oris, Tag, Ulysse Nardin, meeting singers, actors, and legends of the watch industry. If all of that wasn’t enough, we have him here to give us a world exclusive on his new dive watch range.

Wristwatch check: Neil is wearing the yellow dial prototype of an upcoming injection of new colors into his Quartz Chronograph collection coming in the spring.Dave is wearing his Isotope Hydrium X Blink Edition Diver Dave’s Will Return Hydrium XRikki is wearing his Bulova Accutron Spaceview paying tribute to Nichelle Nichols, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan and the rest of the Star Trek family.What’s been happening with Duckworth Prestex:

They’ve been in the states at the Wind Up watch fair in San Francisco, Chicago, and will be in New York in October. Another brand at the show was Maurice Lecroix which was one of the brands Neil helped bring into the UK.Rikki’s Maurice Lacroix AIKON Venturer Bronze Limited Edition Watch ReviewThe collections: Verimatic Chronoquartz   Bolton After saying on our last show that he would never release a dive watch, Neil is releasing a dive watch: the Belmont. Watches in fact in three colorways, fume or graduated dial with wave pattern and matching bezel insert, with a 42mm case, 300m. w/r, available with a bracelet and rubber or leather alternatives. It will be powered by the Miyota auto 9039. They will retail for £795. First models due in October with delivery in November. The story behind the name is that Belmont is the name of a village and sailing club in Bolton that Neil used to go to.   Frank Duckworth, Neils grandfather, who was a watchmaker and founder of Prestex and Cellist.Prestons LTD – Prestex.Story time: Meeting George Harrison Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and others — “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”  Meeting Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas with Mick Hucknall after a spending time at the McLaren motor home trying to impress, his now wife, Wendy.Going to Roger Smiths manufacturer.The staff was mostly wearing CWs which is the brand we collaborated with. The model was improved through direct communication with Roger.Being convince to distribute Oris by the big boss himself Ulrich Herzog. Original Oris full steel.  Watch Alert: Oris Hölstein Edition 2022   Distributing Ulysse Nardin that was run by the legend Rolf Schneider.New straps: https://duckworthprestex.com/products/mesh-bracelet-22mm?variant=41418527047871  https://duckworthprestex.com/products/rubber-watch-straps?variant=41418483630271   Duckworth Prestex…

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Now check out the shows we mentioned throughout the episode: Scottish Watches Podcast #308 : From Giving Roger Smith His First Job To Starting Duckworth Prestex Watches  Scottish Watches Podcast #364 : Retrograde Mercurial Movements, Mono Pusher Chronographs and More with Stephane from Maurice Lacroix Scottish Watches Podcast #383 : Recorded Live at RedBar with Rich from Studio Underd0g  Scottish Watches Podcast #241 : Chatting With Paul from Farer Universal About Everything Watches  Scottish Watches Podcast #340 : Celebrating 5 Years of William Wood Watches Keep up with us in these platforms:

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