Bamford Watch Department will customise your Rolex or TAG

By , published on 10 October 2009

The London-based gentlemen’s outfitters have been offering this service since 2004: applying a black “military grade” PVD layer and bespoke dial colours. They’ll also inscribe the dial with lettering of your choosing. And while they’re busy robbing your classic watch of its subtle good looks, they’ll brag about being “driven by our passion for engineering excellence and innovation, inspired by the demands of our clients to wear watches that are exclusive and individual…” But surely, you wouldn’t want them to, would you?

You would?

OK, you’re making a mistake but at least you can now do so virtually. So, before mutilating the real thing, please visit their website where they offer an online customiser which will show you just how unpleasant the resultant watch will look.

You’ve been warned…

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Bamford Watch Department will customise your Rolex or TAG

Look, there’s no two ways to say this: this is naff. We love the TAG Monaco and the Rolex Submariner. They’re both classic watches with peerless lineage. So, why does Bamford & Sons feel the need to bling them up? The London-based gentlemen’s outfitters have been offering this service since 2004: applying a black “military [...]

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Our editor-in-chief, the self-proclaimed "greatest wit, raconteur and bon vivant of our age", borders on delusional. Over the years, The Fool has squandered more money on fast cars, Swiss watches and electronic gadgetry of all kinds than he – or his bank manager – cares to remember. Come nightfall, he can invariably be found stumbling out of Dukes mumbling “just one more Martini; I could have handled just one mmmmm… [thud!]”

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