The Six Pips Podcast https://schofieldwatchcompany.com Schofield Watch Company's Giles Ellis takes you through what it's like to run one of Britain's most successful watch companies. Answering six questions he provides insights into design, manufacture, history and inspiration, allowing a rare glimpse into the mind of one of English horology's leading lights. Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:55:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 noAll Rights Reservedwatch,watches,horology,design,schofieldSchofield Watch Company's Principal Keeper Giles Ellis takes you through what it's like to run one of Britain's most successful watch companies. Answering six questions he provides insight into the design, manufacture, history and inspiration behind the company and its treasure, allowing a rare glimpse into the inner workings of a very particular designer's mind.If you're drifting we can bring you ashoreSchofield Watch Companysocial@schofieldwatchcompany.comSchofield Watch Company Episode 5- Designing the Schofield Way https://schofieldwatchcompany.com/episode-5-designing-the-schofield-way/ Tue, 18 Dec 2018 11:59:42 +0000 https://schofieldwatchcompany.com/?p=4496  

Giles Ellis answers six questions on designing the Schofield way. He discusses his own methodology for designing a beautiful thing before taking us right down into the detail of watch design and what he’s working on at the moment.

In this, the fifth of a new series of podcasts produced by Schofield Watch Company, Giles and Harry discuss the following six questions:

1. Could you tell us what methodology you employ to design a beautiful thing?
2. What are some of Schofield’s beautiful things and how do they tie into the brand?
3. How does manufacturing alter the process?
4. When do you say that enough is enough and the job is done?
5. How often do you like to refresh the Schofield brand?
6. What are you working on right now that we’re likely to see in the future?

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]]> social@schofieldwatchcompany.com (Schofield Watch Company) Episode 4- A Day at Schofield HQ https://schofieldwatchcompany.com/episode-4-a-day-at-schofield-hq/ Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:05:02 +0000 https://schofieldwatchcompany.com/?p=3964  

Giles Ellis answers six questions on the subject A Day at Schofield HQ, taking a look at the inner workings of Schofield Watch Company and the people behind the brand.

In this, the fourth of a new series of podcasts produced by Schofield Watch Company, Giles answers the following six questions:

  1. When do you get into the office and what do you get down to straight away?
  2. What percentages of different tasks make up an average day?
  3. What happens when someone places an order for a watch?
  4. What happens when people pop in?
  5. Do you ever go out and visit your suppliers or potential customers?
  6. Talk to me about Thursdays…

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]]> social@schofieldwatchcompany.com (Schofield Watch Company) Episode 3- Made in the UK https://schofieldwatchcompany.com/episode-3-made-in-the-uk/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:21:31 +0000 https://schofieldwatchcompany.com/?p=3618  

Giles Ellis answers six questions on the subject of Made in the UK, taking a look at what this means in the watch industry and what the past, present and future look like for companies operating in Britain.

In this, the third of a new series of podcasts produced by Schofield Watch Company, Giles and Harry discuss the following six questions:

  1. What does a watch need to do, in your eyes, to satisfy the label ‘Made in the UK’?
  2. Why is ‘Made in the UK’ such a controversial topic?
  3. What is the heritage of watchmaking in this country?
  4. What challenges are there in producing watches in the UK?
  5. What are the advantages of producing watches in the UK?
  6. Where do you think the future lies for watchmaking in the UK?

Honourable mentions for David Rooney’s ‘Ruth Beville: The Greenwich Time Lady’, Dava Sobel’s ‘Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time‘ and for the Hodinkee article ‘A Concise History Of The Quartz Revolution‘.

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]]> social@schofieldwatchcompany.com (Schofield Watch Company) Episode 2- Starting a Watch Company https://schofieldwatchcompany.com/episode-2-starting-a-watch-company/ Thu, 19 Jul 2018 19:33:59 +0000 https://schofieldwatchcompany.com/?p=3621  

Giles Ellis answers six questions on the subject of starting a watch company, including his own experiences and the advice that he would give to anyone starting out in the industry today.

In this second of a new series of podcasts produced by Schofield Watch Company, Giles and Harry discuss the following six questions:

  1. How did you start Schofield Watch Company? Take us through the journey from seed to launch.
  2. If someone was interested in starting a watch company would you recommend that they followed your path?
  3. Why would you want to start a watch company?
  4. So how do you start a watch company today?
  5. What are the most stressful elements of running a watch company?
  6. What are the absolute highs of running a watch company?

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]]> social@schofieldwatchcompany.com (Schofield Watch Company) Episode 1- Dial Design https://schofieldwatchcompany.com/episode-1-dial-design/ Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:15:30 +0000 https://schofieldwatchcompany.com/?p=3566  

Giles Ellis answers six questions on the subject of watch dial design and explains the processes, both technical and creative, that help get a project off the ground. He discusses what he loves in a dial and the mistakes made by even the biggest brands.

In this first of a new series of podcasts produced by Schofield Watch Company, Giles and Harry discuss the following six questions:

  1. What’s the deal with designing a new watch?
  2. How have your ideas about making a dial changed from when you first designed the Signalman?
  3. Which watches do you think have the best dials and why? What makes an iconic dial?
  4. What do you really hate in a dial?
  5. What are the different stages of dial manufacture?
  6. How does the design of the dial affect the rest of the watch, from the case to the strap?

Mentions in this podcast for The Daymark, The Telemark and the Bronze Beater.

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