Ciaran
@cmcgwatchmaking.bsky.social
Self-taught watchmaker
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This is a great article. The only thing it's missing is that imo the BBC resignations should be viewed in the wider context of UK government placating Trump, rather than just bowing to the UK right wing press
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This is a great article. The only thing it's missing is that imo the BBC resignations should be viewed in the wider context of UK government placating Trump, rather than just bowing to the UK right wing press
Love to see someone inadvertently set off a discourse nuke
Could someone explain to me what is meant when a British person refers to "the middle class" ? Like, in the US, as I hear it, it basically just means a person who makes a certain amount of money, not too far below and not wildly above the median. Seems like a complex concept when UK writers use it?
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Love to see someone inadvertently set off a discourse nuke
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Everyone secretly yearns for Australia-style party discipline.
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Everyone secretly yearns for Australia-style party discipline.
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matt goodwin has always enjoyed good relationships with his students
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
matt goodwin has always enjoyed good relationships with his students
This is actually harder than it looks, the main thing is getting the right file (single cut only), practicing draw filing with minimal pressure, standing up the rod at a low height in the vice, and exactly straight every time. Easy to learn, difficult to master
November 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is actually harder than it looks, the main thing is getting the right file (single cut only), practicing draw filing with minimal pressure, standing up the rod at a low height in the vice, and exactly straight every time. Easy to learn, difficult to master
Some filing practice today. Filing these steel rods flat enough to stand up on their own.
Pic 1 is the set up, bench vice and no. 1 file. Pic 2 is before, Pic 3 after, and pic 4 is the finished article with both rods filed flat
Pic 1 is the set up, bench vice and no. 1 file. Pic 2 is before, Pic 3 after, and pic 4 is the finished article with both rods filed flat
November 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Some filing practice today. Filing these steel rods flat enough to stand up on their own.
Pic 1 is the set up, bench vice and no. 1 file. Pic 2 is before, Pic 3 after, and pic 4 is the finished article with both rods filed flat
Pic 1 is the set up, bench vice and no. 1 file. Pic 2 is before, Pic 3 after, and pic 4 is the finished article with both rods filed flat
This but for adaptations of The Count of Monte Cristo
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This but for adaptations of The Count of Monte Cristo
Another vintage tool I picked up. This Seitz jewelling tool is more versatile than it's modern Chinese counterpart. It will allow me to not only replace jewels, but ream worn out jewel settings so they can be either rebushed or their jewels replaced
November 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Another vintage tool I picked up. This Seitz jewelling tool is more versatile than it's modern Chinese counterpart. It will allow me to not only replace jewels, but ream worn out jewel settings so they can be either rebushed or their jewels replaced
Best 21st century British horror film, the 4k restoration is so good
October 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Best 21st century British horror film, the 4k restoration is so good
The fundamental problem with Bluesky is you are more likely to see people post these kinds of Dawkins tweets and not this one
October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The fundamental problem with Bluesky is you are more likely to see people post these kinds of Dawkins tweets and not this one
Assembled these custom watches for a couple of friends of mine
October 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Assembled these custom watches for a couple of friends of mine
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Been really enjoying these Instagram videos by Peter Glomb, a Swiss-trained, American watchmaker at Wristcheck. Here, he's repairing a rare version of the Patek 96, first introduced in 1932 and widely regarded as the watch that set the template for dress watches.
IG peterelliotglomb
IG peterelliotglomb
October 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Been really enjoying these Instagram videos by Peter Glomb, a Swiss-trained, American watchmaker at Wristcheck. Here, he's repairing a rare version of the Patek 96, first introduced in 1932 and widely regarded as the watch that set the template for dress watches.
IG peterelliotglomb
IG peterelliotglomb
Saw One Battle After Another again. There were some people who arrived a bit late and their first image of the film was Sean Penn in IMAX in a scene not dissimilar to this one:
October 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Saw One Battle After Another again. There were some people who arrived a bit late and their first image of the film was Sean Penn in IMAX in a scene not dissimilar to this one:
Hairspring progress thus far. Someone had clearly tried and failed to move the regulator, bending the hairspring around the stud. Hairspring work is among the most difficult tasks in watchmaking, one false move can wreck hours of progress
October 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Hairspring progress thus far. Someone had clearly tried and failed to move the regulator, bending the hairspring around the stud. Hairspring work is among the most difficult tasks in watchmaking, one false move can wreck hours of progress
Today's work: this Roamer Searock Automatic features a MST 522 movement (meaning the watch is around 50 years old). It currently isn't running. Upon opening it was very evident why - the hairspring is bent and the movement has been drenched in oil
October 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Today's work: this Roamer Searock Automatic features a MST 522 movement (meaning the watch is around 50 years old). It currently isn't running. Upon opening it was very evident why - the hairspring is bent and the movement has been drenched in oil
October 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Hoshoryu was gifted a giant soy sauce after becoming Grand Champion in London.
October 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hoshoryu was gifted a giant soy sauce after becoming Grand Champion in London.
Finished the service on this Seiko. It features one of my favourite day/date quick change mechanisms, to change the date you press the crown, with a long press the change the day
October 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Finished the service on this Seiko. It features one of my favourite day/date quick change mechanisms, to change the date you press the crown, with a long press the change the day
Today I'm finishing up this Seiko 6119C for a friend of mine. Since the watch is from 1976 parts are scarce, where a NH35 (the modern Seiko workhorse movement) costs £40 today, a replacement 6119C balance alone costs £60 and had to be imported from Palestine
October 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Today I'm finishing up this Seiko 6119C for a friend of mine. Since the watch is from 1976 parts are scarce, where a NH35 (the modern Seiko workhorse movement) costs £40 today, a replacement 6119C balance alone costs £60 and had to be imported from Palestine
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Above all, the police approach in that decade culminated in the unlawful killing of 96 people and decades of cover-up.
Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn
October 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Above all, the police approach in that decade culminated in the unlawful killing of 96 people and decades of cover-up.
Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn
Some of today's work, regulating a Seiko NH35 movement (as featured in Trump's watches)
October 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Some of today's work, regulating a Seiko NH35 movement (as featured in Trump's watches)