Birmingham, the “City of a Thousand Trades,” has a deeply rooted watchmaking history
Birmingham’s watchmaking history is centered in its historic Jewellery Quarter, which grew from a 17th-century jewelry and toy trade hub into a powerhouse of industrial, machine-made watches by the late 19th century. Key figures like William Ehrhardt pioneered mass production in the 1850s, while the city remains a hub for horological restoration and bespoke watchmaking…










