Visit to the Greenwich Observatory, the prime meridian and "home" of GMT
Dear fellow Purists, this summer I plan to travel to London with my son who just turned 20 this month. As I infected him with the watch bug some time ago, he also read the very enjoyable book from Dava Zobel: "Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Wh...
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I don’t know anything about London watch shops but the most pleasant way to get to Greenwich is by boat from Westminster pier. It is definitely worth a visit.
Observatory is a great day out
Hi As has already been suggested - go on the boat, its a great way to see London. There's also the Cutty Sark near the observatory too. I went a couple of years ago - its a great place to visit - lots of watches and its interesting to see that there have ...
New Bond St & Burligton Arcade as mentioned above - just up the road in Soho is the French House for an early dinner in a historically bohemic and no-tech rule pub, and Ronnie Scotts for music.
Also try the Royal Exchange at Bank (10 mins east on the Central line) has a number of AD's & independents, plus a nice place for lunch. The Science Museum (south of Hyde Park) has the Clock-maker's exhibition too. Have a great trip. G.
The Science Museum is an absolute must for a watch enthusiast.
The collection used to be housed in a section of the Guildhall, but it was expanded when moved to the Science Museum. There is a section devoted to modern British horology (Daniels, Smith, Pratt, Frodsham) that is incredible. Also worth a visit is the Ilb...
I would go to Selfridges and also Harrods; both have interesting watch salons
here's one report: www.watchprosite.com and if you can't find 10 things you want desperately to eat for lunch / dinner in the Harrods food hall, you are already dead! While in transit from A-B keep your eyes open for Cheers, Mike ...
As mentioned.
Science Museum also now has the prototype 'Long Now' clock there, so well worth look Marcus is no longer a shop on Bond Street as they ere planning some other method of sales, but I don't know what As mentioned Watched of Switzerland on Regent Street is H...