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The
Watchmaker's
Journal
Part workshop diary, part watchmaking journal, part collection of thoughts that deserve a little more space. Here you'll find stories from the bench, reflections on British watchmaking, conversations about ownership and collecting, and a closer look at the people, projects and ideas that shape Pinchbeck.


The Infinity: A British Watch Built Around the Dial
The Infinity began with a pattern. A few years later, we've brought it back, with a CNC-cut brass dial, fine detailing and a mechanical movement, assembled to order in our Lincoln workshop.
Emily Inman
1 day ago2 min read


A Watch Starts With More Than a Drawing
A watch rarely starts with a finished drawing. Go behind the scenes at Pinchbeck to see how colour, art, materials, making and plenty of discussion shape a watch from the first idea to the finished piece.
Emily Inman
Sep 105 min read


What We Do in the Workshop
September always feels like a turning point.
The summer starts to wind down. The mornings change. The school year begins again and, somehow, everyone starts looking at the months ahead.
Emily Inman
Aug 312 min read


Meet the Team Behind Pinchbeck Watches
Four people, four different perspectives and one shared obsession with making good watches. Meet the small team behind Pinchbeck.
Emily Inman
Aug 173 min read


Watch Assembly: How We Make a Pinchbeck Watch
What actually happens between choosing a Pinchbeck and receiving it? Follow the journey from design and specialist suppliers to assembly, regulation and testing in our Lincoln workshop.
Emily Inman
Aug 173 min read


What Makes a British Watchmaker?
"British watchmaker" sounds like a straightforward description. But what does it actually mean? For us, it starts with a workshop. Not a showroom with a British name above the door. Not simply a watch designed in Britain and made somewhere else. A real place where watches come together. Ours is in Lincoln. It's where Rob assembles every Pinchbeck watch, regulates it, tests it and prepares it before it leaves us. But that's only part of the story. It starts with the people Pin
Emily Inman
Aug 153 min read


Why We Build Made to Order Watches
Every Pinchbeck begins when someone chooses it. Here's why we build our watches to order, and why taking time has always been part of how we work.
Emily Inman
Jul 152 min read


What Is a Watchmaker’s Special?
Watchmaker’s Specials are made outside the regular Pinchbeck collection, in small numbers and with no fixed release schedule. Here’s how they work and how to buy one.
Emily Inman
Jul 142 min read


The New Pinchbeck Watches Website: Looking from the Outside In
When you work inside a business every day, it can be surprisingly difficult to see it clearly.
You know where everything is kept. You know who answers the telephone, who designed a particular watch and which drawer contains the parts Rob has been looking for since Tuesday.
Emily Inman
Jul 133 min read
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