by Gavin McKenzie | Mar 23, 2026 | Certainty Register, Insurance, Limited Edition, Unique Piece
From time to time, the watch world reminds us that enthusiasm for collecting and practical record keeping are not always in sync – the creation of Certainty Register came after a real world situation where these opposites unfortunately collided. Recently, I had... 
by Gavin McKenzie | Aug 30, 2025 | Backes & Strauss, Limited Edition, Unique Piece
Backes & Strauss, the world’s oldest diamond company, has joined forces with About Timepieces to unveil the W1 Anthracite; an evolution of the original W1 design and a statement collaboration where collector instinct drives manufacture. Based on the original... 
by Gavin McKenzie | Feb 16, 2025 | Backes & Strauss, Unique Piece
It’s not often you will find a high quality diamond in a sub 5k watch, however, Backes & Strauss have done it for the Regent Black Knight. The Regent collection has been around for a number of years in various designs and sizes, but the Black Knight 4047 in... 
by Gavin McKenzie | Mar 21, 2021 | Backes & Strauss, Limited Edition
There are very few watch brands that have been around for over 200 years, but there is only one watch brand that can say they are “the world’s oldest diamond company”. This is the case for Backes & Strauss and although one might expect a...
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