Welcome to The Wind Up. Your no-nonsense guide to time well spent - The UK watch blog - Your no-nonsense guide to time well spent - The UK watch blog - Your no-nonsense guide to time well spent - The UK watch blog - Search a watch, brand or topic No results found Microbrand Matt Payne 08/09/2026 Microbrand Matt Payne 08/09/2026 Héron Watches: One Of Canada's Most Exciting Microbrands Deserves Your Attention Read More Wind Up Bites Ben Payne 07/09/2026 Wind Up Bites Ben Payne 07/09/2026 Quartz Is Not the Enemy. Your Watch Snobbery Is! Read More New Release, Microbrand Matt Payne 06/09/2026 New Release, Microbrand Matt Payne 06/09/2026 Sunrex Banana Reef Review: Vintage Diving Style Meets Solar Powered Innovation Read More Topical Ben Payne 05/09/2026 Topical Ben Payne 05/09/2026 Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M GMT: The Sensible One Read More Microbrand Matt Payne 04/09/2026 Microbrand Matt Payne 04/09/2026 Has Markwell Created The Most Fun Microbrand Watch Of The Year? Read More High Horology, Swiss, New Release Matt Payne 04/09/2026 High Horology, Swiss, New Release Matt Payne 04/09/2026 Geneva Watch Days: Girard-Perregaux Laureato Fifty Tourbillon Micro-Rotor Read More High Horology, Swiss, New Release Matt Payne 04/09/2026 High Horology, Swiss, New Release Matt Payne 04/09/2026 Geneva Watch Days: Bulgari x Vianney Halter: The Octo Finissimo Gets a Wild New Dual-Time Twist Read More High Horology, New Release, French Matt Payne 02/09/2026 High Horology, New Release, French Matt Payne 02/09/2026 Trilobe Château Trente-Deux: A French Watch Inspired by the Art of Fine Wine Read More New Release, Swiss Matt Payne 02/09/2026 New Release, Swiss Matt Payne 02/09/2026 Frederique Constant Highlife Moonphase Date Manufacture: A New Take on Astronomical Elegance Read More Swiss, New Release Matt Payne 01/09/2026 Swiss, New Release Matt Payne 01/09/2026 Tudor Northflag Returns With a GMT, Master Chronometer Movement and a Very Familiar Face Read More Microbrand Matt Payne 01/09/2026 Microbrand Matt Payne 01/09/2026 Is Second Hour Australia’s Best Kept Microbrand Secret? Read More High Horology, New Release Matt Payne 31/08/2026 High Horology, New Release Matt Payne 31/08/2026 Fam Al Hut Mark 1 Möbius Review: The Chinese Independent Brand Shaking Up Haute Horology Read More High Horology, Swiss, New Release Matt Payne 29/08/2026 High Horology, Swiss, New Release Matt Payne 29/08/2026 Mauron Musy NODE° MU09 101 Review: Is This The Most Ingenious Luxury Sports Watch Of 2026? Read More New Release, Microbrand Matt Payne 28/08/2026 New Release, Microbrand Matt Payne 28/08/2026 Studio Underd0g Mantis: The 02SERIES Goes Full Night-Vision Read More Independent, UK Watch Brand, Microbrand, New Release Matt Payne 28/08/2026 Independent, UK Watch Brand, Microbrand, New Release Matt Payne 28/08/2026 Fears Brunswick 39 Perpetual Calendar: British Watchmaking Gets Seriously Complicated Read More New Release, UK Watch Brand Matt Payne 27/08/2026 New Release, UK Watch Brand Matt Payne 27/08/2026 Christopher Ward Introduces the New C60 Trident Biscay Collection Read More Swiss, Topical Ben Payne 27/08/2026 Swiss, Topical Ben Payne 27/08/2026 The Swiss Civil War: Regional Rivalries Inside The World’s Watch Capital Read More Topical Matt Payne 26/08/2026 Topical Matt Payne 26/08/2026 Geneva Watch Days 2026: 71 Brands, Five Days and a Whole City of New Watches Read More New Release, Independent Matt Payne 26/08/2026 New Release, Independent Matt Payne 26/08/2026 MING 57.05 Comet: A Worldtimer With a Very Clever Trick Read More Microbrand, New Release, GPHG Matt Payne 25/08/2026 Microbrand, New Release, GPHG Matt Payne 25/08/2026 Genesis Machine x Luch GML1: A Refreshingly Different Take On Slow Time Read More Older Posts
Microbrand Matt Payne 08/09/2026 Microbrand Matt Payne 08/09/2026 Héron Watches: One Of Canada's Most Exciting Microbrands Deserves Your Attention Read More
Wind Up Bites Ben Payne 07/09/2026 Wind Up Bites Ben Payne 07/09/2026 Quartz Is Not the Enemy. Your Watch Snobbery Is! Read More
New Release, Microbrand Matt Payne 06/09/2026 New Release, Microbrand Matt Payne 06/09/2026 Sunrex Banana Reef Review: Vintage Diving Style Meets Solar Powered Innovation Read More
Topical Ben Payne 05/09/2026 Topical Ben Payne 05/09/2026 Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M GMT: The Sensible One Read More
Microbrand Matt Payne 04/09/2026 Microbrand Matt Payne 04/09/2026 Has Markwell Created The Most Fun Microbrand Watch Of The Year? Read More
High Horology, Swiss, New Release Matt Payne 04/09/2026 High Horology, Swiss, New Release Matt Payne 04/09/2026 Geneva Watch Days: Girard-Perregaux Laureato Fifty Tourbillon Micro-Rotor Read More
High Horology, Swiss, New Release Matt Payne 04/09/2026 High Horology, Swiss, New Release Matt Payne 04/09/2026 Geneva Watch Days: Bulgari x Vianney Halter: The Octo Finissimo Gets a Wild New Dual-Time Twist Read More
High Horology, New Release, French Matt Payne 02/09/2026 High Horology, New Release, French Matt Payne 02/09/2026 Trilobe Château Trente-Deux: A French Watch Inspired by the Art of Fine Wine Read More
New Release, Swiss Matt Payne 02/09/2026 New Release, Swiss Matt Payne 02/09/2026 Frederique Constant Highlife Moonphase Date Manufacture: A New Take on Astronomical Elegance Read More
Swiss, New Release Matt Payne 01/09/2026 Swiss, New Release Matt Payne 01/09/2026 Tudor Northflag Returns With a GMT, Master Chronometer Movement and a Very Familiar Face Read More
Microbrand Matt Payne 01/09/2026 Microbrand Matt Payne 01/09/2026 Is Second Hour Australia’s Best Kept Microbrand Secret? Read More
High Horology, New Release Matt Payne 31/08/2026 High Horology, New Release Matt Payne 31/08/2026 Fam Al Hut Mark 1 Möbius Review: The Chinese Independent Brand Shaking Up Haute Horology Read More
High Horology, Swiss, New Release Matt Payne 29/08/2026 High Horology, Swiss, New Release Matt Payne 29/08/2026 Mauron Musy NODE° MU09 101 Review: Is This The Most Ingenious Luxury Sports Watch Of 2026? Read More
New Release, Microbrand Matt Payne 28/08/2026 New Release, Microbrand Matt Payne 28/08/2026 Studio Underd0g Mantis: The 02SERIES Goes Full Night-Vision Read More
Independent, UK Watch Brand, Microbrand, New Release Matt Payne 28/08/2026 Independent, UK Watch Brand, Microbrand, New Release Matt Payne 28/08/2026 Fears Brunswick 39 Perpetual Calendar: British Watchmaking Gets Seriously Complicated Read More
New Release, UK Watch Brand Matt Payne 27/08/2026 New Release, UK Watch Brand Matt Payne 27/08/2026 Christopher Ward Introduces the New C60 Trident Biscay Collection Read More
Swiss, Topical Ben Payne 27/08/2026 Swiss, Topical Ben Payne 27/08/2026 The Swiss Civil War: Regional Rivalries Inside The World’s Watch Capital Read More
Topical Matt Payne 26/08/2026 Topical Matt Payne 26/08/2026 Geneva Watch Days 2026: 71 Brands, Five Days and a Whole City of New Watches Read More
New Release, Independent Matt Payne 26/08/2026 New Release, Independent Matt Payne 26/08/2026 MING 57.05 Comet: A Worldtimer With a Very Clever Trick Read More
Microbrand, New Release, GPHG Matt Payne 25/08/2026 Microbrand, New Release, GPHG Matt Payne 25/08/2026 Genesis Machine x Luch GML1: A Refreshingly Different Take On Slow Time Read More
