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Roger Smith: The Very Best Watches Take Time

Roger Smith: The Very Best Watches Take Time

I landed at a small regional airport and was then whisked across a beautiful, well-manicured rural landscape dotted with small communities.   We skirted a low mountain passing small farms on the well-kept roads; the skies were clear as there is no heavy industry.  There was obviously a healthy, expanding economy here together with a surprising number of substantial houses, whilst a renewal programme of older local authority houses was widespread despite looking really quite serviceable.  Eventually we arrived at a spruce long, low building where arguably the best and most innovative watchma

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Navitas Watches - Determination Passion Ingenuity

Navitas Watches - Determination Passion Ingenuity

I would love to start this story with an interesting and true tale about a rich history of watchmaking in my family dating back centuries. But I don’t have one. The truth is that it all started sometime in 2008 with a humble idea to make a watch. Just one watch, designed by me, and built by someone else anywhere in the world. I have an extensive background in machining and product development, but the idea of making a watch by myself did not cross my mind at that time.

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