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If you look carefully at the 20th Century silver section you may come across a simple pair of kitchen peppers.   They were made by the prominent London silversmith William Comyns and have a detailed family crest engraved to each. But what makes them stand out from all the other silver on our website?  Well it is the fact that these are made in a rare and purer form of silver. From as early as the 14th Century silver was tested and marked with a lion mark to guarantee that it was at least 92.5% pure.  This is known as...

Hello and welcome to our new Barrett's watch blog. To get things started I thought we could feature 3 different military watches that we have very recently purchased:- The first is a C.W.C. watch dating from 1976.  It uses a swiss ETA mechanical movement.  This is an army issue model (Stamped WIO).  The Cabot Watch Company was formed in 1972 specifically to supply tough reliable watches to the British military.  We are retailing this watch for £695. The second is an English made Smiths mechanical wrist watch.  This features a luminous dial and is on a 'NATO' strap.  The watch...

Hello and welcome to our all new Barrett's Blog. It arrives at an interesting time as we have just celebrated our 80th year. To mark the occasion we held two parties; one in November 2018 and the other in February 2019 which were each attended by over 40 of our regular clients. This is a good opportunity to say thank you to all of those who came and for the lovely letters and emails we received after the event. Here's to the next 80 years... Best Wishes, Andrew (Director)