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Who Makes The Coolest Watch Straps?
Schofield & Sugar Free make the coolest watch straps! For sizes that fit the Schofield Light and other non Schofield watches. We have a sister company called Sugar Free. Why Sugar Free – Cool Watch straps (that’s the strap line,…

This is the best Damascus Watch ever made | PIP No. 578
✦ Damascus Watch magic. the Obscura | No. 578 Evening all! Oh my gosh I have been busy! Most of this Pips is about our Damascus Watch the Obscura but first we need to talk about the website, yes, I…

ONE TOOT! WATCHES SOLD
One Toot! Schofield Watches For Sale Schofield watches for sale or not for sale because they have sold… Is this a Toot!? I am not really sure. It feels so in the morning but by the evening less and more…

SCHOFIELD’S DESIGN
More on the Skeptiko, The BBC & Graphic Design | No. 576 Evening all! It has been a graphic design week. Just an example of the cards that go in the Woolwich made, stapled boxes that sit atop the watch…

Where is the Telemark X-ray? ✦ PIPS No 575
The X-Ray never got a Press Release | No. 575 Starting with an image I was sent by Mr J G this morning. The B6 Deep Blue – Guffee’s Sea Change edition. ‘Tis a handsome thing! All sold out now.…

What’s Behind The Name Schofield?
Schofield Watch Company Limited (SWC) takes its name from the Schofield revolver, a beautifully engineered 19th-century American firearm. Designed by Major George W. Schofield and manufactured by Smith & Wesson, the revolver was famed for its precise mechanics and iconic…

Through the Schofield window
I never look into the shop, always out. Every morning, coffee in hand, I sit in my Vitra Petit Repos and watch the world pass. Across the road are two shops: a newsagent and a chemist. Early, around six, I…

Newness Throughout ✦ Pips No. 571
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,…

The 2025 Survey Breakdown ✦ Pips No. 570
Evening all! Thank you to everyone who completed the Schofield 2025 survey. You guys really committed! Seriously, it is going to take a lot longer to read them all, and I will read them all. Sorry you were misled on…

OBSCURA DAMASCUS STEEL WATCH – Press Release
OBSCURA DAMASCUS STEEL / LIMITED EDITION OF 40 / MANUAL WIND – HOURS, MINUTES & SUB SECONDS 2024 The Obscura – a watch that began in 2017 and then constantly adjusted and refined. A project of self-indulgence. It is my…

A watch event in London, a front cover and more! ✦ Pips No. 499
Evening all! The front cover of the Horological Journal! That is cool right? I think so. Go and become a member of the British Horological Institute and get yourself a copy. Not only the front cover but a proper good…

Just brilliant stuff and more brilliant stuff No. 497
Evening all! Let’s begin with an Obscura update. As you know this is a project and a half. Worth every bit of the wait. You will see that tonight is Pips 497 and I am really hoping that Pips 500…

The Light on Fratello! 496
From Thor Svaboe’s review for Fratello Magazine. Many brands have a certain style or genre, while some get stuck in a favorite period, like the ’60s. But in a time when even smaller brands are diversifying and offering different takes…

A panoply of delights No. 495
Evening all! Some Robert Louis Stevenson. My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky; It’s time to take the window to see Leerie going by; For every night at teatime and before you take your seat,…

💡 See the Light and more! No. 494
Evening all! Let’s get into it! The Light is up and running online. You can read more about it there. Both colours are ready to ship. Both colours come with the same two Sugar Free straps – India Rubber and…

Come see the Light! No. 493
The Light, general purpose field watch, in two colours. Schofield introduces a general purpose field watch. After 15 years making watches with the same case shape and dimensions, the Light brings a whole re-design, from the ground up. At 40…

The Darkness of the Strange Lights | No. 491
Good evening and Happy, Happy New Year to you all! Let’s start with some updates. The Obscura is so close. The final part arrived two days before Christmas so the timing has been a little off. Suffice to say it…

Sometime Podcast | No. 490
Evening all. A wee Christmas half measure tonight. The first episode of Sometime is live! However, it comes with a caveat, it is not your average watch podcast! I won’t be interviewing Bamford, Biver or the Schofield inner circle, I’m not…

You need Sugar Free | No. 489
Evening all. Let me introduce you to Sugar Free! Watch straps that fit non-Schofields, I know some have been waiting for over 10 years for this! Today is the day! Sugar Free has its own website, its own vibe and…

The Light Field Watch ✦ Press Release
THE LIGHT – AMONG THE BEST FIELD WATCHESThe Light, general purpose field watch (in two shades) by Schofield. Schofield introduces a general purpose field watch. After 15 years making watches with the same case shape and dimensions, the Light brings…

Ultimate Christmas List | No. 486
Evening all. Just a quick and loose note on what we have for Christmas right now. Pens, we have quite a few colours and materials in the shop that are not online – email in if you want to see…

The best thumbnail buckle in 5 shots No 485
One of my jobs is to share my enthusiasm for tiny details. Let’s start with how Schofield created the best thumbnail buckle, possibly ever. Tiny, tiny things that matter because they make the world more beautiful. The brief for all…

5 Brilliant Christmas watch straps No 484
A Christmas watch straps special but first up a dial blank, in the early stages, un-plated and not yet filled with Super-LumiNova, and that is what those outer channels are for – serious lume! Individually filled with a hypodermic syringe.…
Obscura naughtiness No. 483
We have a secret, just we three, The robin, and I, and the sweet cherry-tree; The bird told the tree, and the tree told me, And nobody knows it but just us three. But of course the robin knows it…
Fun with the Landmark No. 482
Evening all. How about this? Penned by Mr Q after the Waterford Festival of Time! He admits it is a little contrived to get the initial letters to work – I think it is fab. For discerning watch collectors…
Giles Ellis Design Lecturer No. 481
Evening all! A brief Pips tonight as just moments ago I was lecturing final year BSc/BA product design students at the University of Sussex for their ‘Design Philosophy’ module. A refined ‘How to Design a Beautiful Thing’ was, I am…

A bit about British No. 480
Evening all! I am really sorry that there were not more Telemarks last week but a limited edition is a limited edition. I think the one for sale would have sold 20 times! A customer asked if I made an…

As cool as it gets No. 477
Evening all. Check this out! The Black Cherry; ceramic coated steel, Japanese Edition B5. We are only making two, this one is sold. There is one other available – email if you are interested or want the full spec (you…

Busy, busy, Schofield No. 478
Evening all. From Mr L – “The whole experience from meeting you, going for the Black Cherry, the visit, the straps, the deal, the waiting, the arrival – has all been so so enjoyable. Why the **** I waited on…

Terrific, kickass cork boxes No. 476
Evening all! So tonight we look at cork boxes and the stars! The Obscura is around the corner! Tonight I am showing you the case back, clearly this is a drawing but I have the real thing in my mitts…

Completely Pink Watches No. 473
Before the pink watches – In a brief moment the rain stopped. A Drop fell on the Apple Tree – Another – on the Roof – A Half a Dozen kissed the Eaves – And made the Gables laugh –…

See the amazing Black Cat Watch No. 472
Evening all! This Pipage is too introduce the New Black Cat Watch – I go away tomorrow for a week and the ocean liner that is Schofield will have to drift without navigation. Oh-boy, today has been a rush! I…

Magical Schofield events and other excitements No. 471
Evening all! Let’s start with some Schofield events – ‘save the dates’. On the 16th of September we are doing the Best of British, RedBar watch show in Brighton. You need to be a member of RedBar, but we will…

Strong Heroic designer watches No. 470
Evening all! A pips about Designer watches? Having returned from a Welsh reset, I am thrown back into the maw of Schofield; this is sent to you on a new service hence the ever so slightly new look. The Six…

Get inspired at Clerkenwell Design Week No. 462
The important Pip is about Clerkenwell Design Week below but let’s start with a spring poem, but that’s the feeling now the sun is out. These are our wild native Daffodils or Lent Lilis and are unusual to find growing…

Astounding Watches for Designers No. 461
Considering watches for designers is what we are up to, it really is not that thrilling apart from the odd titbit I can share regarding new releases which will not happen fully until much later this year, and there is…

A Meltdown of Ti Watches No. 460
Let’s talk Ti watches and more specifically – titanium. Discovered in Cornwall in 1791, and there we have a nice link to the Blacklamp Carbon watch we made which has a structure akin to the crazy geology of the cliffs of…

How to design a beautiful thing No 458
Evening all! What a fortnight we have had since the last Pips! Almost a new website. A complete rebuild. It looks much the same because I like the way it looks but now much cleaner. It should load much faster so…

An Armageddon of Black Watches NO. 455
Evening all. Much to my surprise many of you liked the Undercurrents article on black watches that went out last Sunday. In fact many of you inquired about a Blacklamp Evo. It is a long way off yet;Â I did not…

Cool Things NO. 454
Evening all! You will be pleased to know that I have been busy. I’m not sure the fruits of my work will be seen for a while, this is watchmaking. Cool stuff takes a long time. But I wanted you…

Using the Best Watch Dials No. 453
Evening all. It is a Toot Toot Pips tonight. I don’t blow the Schofield trumpet very often, many proper marketeers would suggest I do it more. Here are two emails received this week. It is all about watch dials and…

A Stunning Wooden Watch Box No. 452
Evening all! A Pips about all things. But right at the end I want you to focus on just how cool our wooden watch boxes are. A wooden watch box cannot be beaten. Until now (2023) when Schofield reveals the…

Only 4 Super Special Watch Dial Artworks No. 451
Evening all! Happy New Year! Let’s get right into a big start to the year. First up, The Real Time Show, featuring me. Blurb – The Real Time Show is a twice-weekly watchmaking podcast that alternates between interactive Question &…

1 Effortless Desk Clock No. 450
Evening all. Happy, happy Christmas to you all. Apologies for the poemy Pips of late. But I rather like this one some parts seemed apt, others dated. This Pips features a desk clock – yes, the Small Wall Clock on…

4 Unusual Customised Watches | No. 448 ▶◀
Evening all. Let’s talk customised watches! here is the B5! A little update – all the Orange Ladyfingers have sold. One 70’s ‘finger left. We still have a little stock of coloured buckles, so get in quick. Currently all watch…

3 Extremely Minimal Watches No. 445
Evening all! Tonight’s Pips is a peek at some of the unusual and one-off and mostly minimal watches you would only see if you came to our Riverside Store. We don’t Pip these very often so it feels special somehow.…

Many Creative Watches | No. 444 ▶◀
Evening all! It is a full bore creative watches tonight. It is WatchPro Salon this weekend and even though we opted not to exhibit I will be there hobnobbing. Therefore a virtual showcase seems right. Let’s start with the Purplex…

1 Hellova Shocking Pink Watch | No. 443 ▶◀
Evening all! I made a watch for my wife. A pink watch! Or maybe purple. Somewhere in between. A custom Beater B5, the Wife Beater 😉 I know – not funny! Purplex ceramic coating on the case and buckle. Did I say…

Landmark | No. 442 ▶◀
The Landmark! Limited to 12. X marks the spot! Under the radar release this one. No fanfare. Even though the watch is super cool. Only a few not spoken for, if you would like one Email us, click the button below…

All good stuff and more | No. 440 ▶◀
Evening all! The A-21 Almanac, a true collectable, a delectable collectable! Thank you to everyone that jumped in last week! These fabulous coffee table books ship the next day, so if you would like one head on over to the…

The Almanac is in! | No. 439 ▶◀
Evening All! It’s a big one! The Almanac is here! Yes! it is done and ready to ship. Why is the Almanac a big deal? Because it is a deliberate move towards doing more that is analogue, displacing some of…

Restless design. Undercurrents. Halloween P-2 | No. 438 ▶◀
Evening all! Forgive the break, there was stuff that had to be done! That sounds intriguing and it is! In due course my friends… Let’s kick off the Pips with a pic from around the corner of Schofield’s Riverside store.…

An all-round upbeat post 50 nice newsletter | No. 437 ▶◀
Evening all. I’m back. I made it through. Wiser for sure. Let’s kick off with the FACT that Rob Nudds of Fratello Watch Magazine said that the B5 case back is the best case back in the history of watchmaking!…

Single Birthday Pip | No. 436 ▶◀
Evening all. One Pip tonight as this Sunday I am 50, thus trying to pry myself from HQ and have different kinds of fun other than the Schofield sort. I have no idea what being 50 will be like, I am pretty…

The Japanese Beater B5 again and more! | No. 435 ▶◀
1. Evening all. Watches that weather! Here we are, zoomed out, and better still the shop is currently harbouring the same again in Rare Things! You must come visit. B5s, B4s, B3s both pat and raw, gold and silver Treasure…

Six Pips No. 434 The new Japanese Beater B5! ▶◀
1. Evening all. Wow, look! Let me tell you about our new Japanese Beater B5! The Bronze B4 was only half the story. This new Japanese B5 is the light to the B4’s dark! The prettiest Schofield to date. A…

Six Pips No. 433 Purple ‘N Pink perforated watch straps ▶◀
Evening all. New perforated watch straps Summer straps! A complete range! Perf suede in pretty summer colours. Purple Perf, Pink Perf, Off-white Perf and Green Perf. They are online now so please go see! We will get onto the shipping when…

Six Pips No. 432 Terrible teasing, melting roads and more ▶◀
Evening all! I’m starting with a tease, a terrible tease for something so beautiful you will weep when revealed. Raw Beater on Chinese Basket Weave. Honestly, with the last couple of years of strap types we have some world-class watch…

Six Pips No. 431 Apples, housekeeping, the BC and more ▶◀
Evening all! Let’s begin with a little Laurie Lee. In my opinion, an apple is the only food one can be seen eating whilst walking the streets so as not to seem uncouth. The russet, crab and cottage red burn to the sun’s…

430
Evening all! Four days of non-stop website upgrades! Most of it utterly boring like styling the checkout and getting the buttons to look the same on all pages. The dross that has to be done! But what does it mean for you? Well,…