My fixation with watches began in the mid 1970s when I put my beloved Seiko on top of my mum’s snazzy Renault 5 while I played football in the garden.

I was always careful with that watch. I didn’t realise that she had driven off to go shopping. I looked for it for days and I suppose I’ve been looking for that watch ever since.

I love watches particularly from the 1950s, 60s and especially the 1970s. They have a kind of magic and nostalgia reflecting perhaps more colourful and imaginative times. My humble collection, and those for sale in the ‘shop’ is my own time portal to when I think watches, design, and certainly the music really were more interesting.

I try to date each watch and find out what was happening around the world when it was brand new and enjoying its tiny mechanical life on someone's wrist for the first time.