Six Pips ✦ No 571

Evening all!I love post survey action. Take the data, crunch it, list all the advice, hopes and desires until you have a big list that would please everybody. As we know, this can’t be done, so the next step is triaging into big wins that benefit most. Since last week’s Six Pips the website has had a facelift and a re-jig, including the Buoys Club. It’s subtle but now we have a central media hub called The Lighthouse.

The Lighthouse is where it all goes; the best Pips, Toots!, Treasure, Thoughts, Sounds and FAQs. A sortable panoply of news.

The structure is there (within the limitations of the Schofield site theme) and the content will follow, although that is quite an epic job. So Cherry (my eldest) has some summer work ahead!

Read on…

The Buoys Club has been updated, this time with a paragraph of reasoning behind the next watch and an engineering graphic Mr E poster for your wall. Buoys and Belles first – let me know if you are interested.

And! The newest of the Schofield caps is online and ready for purchase. What’s the deal with this one you ask? Well, fellow citizens, it is made from a heavy canvas, in two tones of navy blue, coarsely woven and tough as. Stiffer than the last two caps, the inside is black bound instead of white with the same leather strap and metal buckle as the Bad Mood and the SWC versions.

The patch is not just embroidered but chenille. Like little bits of carpet in eight colours! Why UFO? Visit the product page to find out!

It has to be said – this is the best one yet!

Spending not only crazy hours and often silly money on sourcing the most wonderful, obscure and artisanal materials from all over the world for watch straps has never lost its appeal. Schofield must have made nearly 400 different strap varieties over the last 15 years or so. The longest running stalwart is the India Rubber.

Here we have a selection of the finest fabrics made from nettles, wool, hemp, flax and rPET.

This selection comes from a British brand called Camira – who are leaders in sustainable fabrics, including closed loop recycled wool and SEAQUAL made from ocean waste. As most are upholstery fabrics they often score < 50,000 cycles on a Martindale test. Proof of hardiness.

So good for my latest hoard because sadly the company that has made all Schofield and Sugar Free straps does not answer me. Maybe they have gone bust. So we are in the doldrums.

That said. There are new straps online right now, just updated! Admittedly, I have had them a while, some would have seen them at the shop and there are not many of each.

Talking of Carima fabrics, the two B6 straps – there are some spare – again, online. Go get ’em!

☮️ Peace