McGonigle Watches

I like to find out about people like John and Stephen McGonigle.  It serves to continually remind me that the spirit of the entrepreneur and that of the horologist do not separately exist in a vacuum.  But wait!  They only make a few watches per year - how can that be considered entrepreneurial?  To me that is the answer right there!

John and Stephen have more than the average bona-fides, years spent working for some of the most famous ateliers in Switzerland.  They certainly could have stayed exclusively in Switzerland - but they did something different, they set-up shop in... Ireland!  And not merely having an administrative office and manufacturing elsewhere, they are producing unique, dynamic and highly collectible timepieces, a few at a time.  Each watch is signed by the watchmaker.  For the lucky few who will ever own one it is on a par to those who owned an original Breguet watches conceived by A.L. Breguet himself.

These magnificent time-machines are like gold-dust, and I do not kid myself that short of a winning Lotto Ticket that I will ever be fortunate to own one - but I will never begrudge anyone fortunate to own one - I will just have to learn to keep my envy in check!  But a quick note to the McGonigles - If I do get those lucky six numbers - you will be one of my first calls!

Check out the whole story here  www.mcgonigle.ie

There will be more to come from the McGonigles - so stay tuned -

And something to dream on...