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Last broadcast on Sun, 23 May 2010, 21:30 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Can the Isle of Man create a revival in British watch making? Precision time pieces are proving recession proof but with so few watchmakers left in this country Peter Day finds out if we can really wind the clock back for a British tradition.
Producer: Clare Walker.
Contributors to this programme:
Mark Hearn
Managing Director of Patek Philippe UK
Alan Burtoft
Head Lecturer at the British School of Watchmaking in Manchester
Roger W. Smith
Watch and chronometer maker, Isle of Man
George Daniels
Inventor and watch-maker Isle of Man
Ian Walsh
IWI Watches, Darwen, Lancashire
Twysden Moore
Chief executive Dent clocks and watches, London
Christopher Ward
Watch-maker, London
Scott Miller and Lucy Trentham
Students at the British School of Watchmaking
Ian Walsh at his bench at IWI watches, Darwen Lancashire
Peter Day and Roger Smith examining one of his wristwatches
Roger Smith watch components at his workshop on the Isle of Man
George Daniels and his pocketwatch on Isle of Man
Peter Day's Webcomment
Broadcasts
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Thu 20 May 201020:30
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Sun 23 May 201021:30
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