https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news 2026-03-16T14:19:19+00:00 weekly https://an-ordain.live/blogs/writing 2025-02-19T14:44:54+00:00 weekly https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/typographic-development 2018-10-23T11:00:44+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/12.png?v=1536941834 Typographic development of anOrdain The digits 1 and 2 were derived from hand-drawn lettering on vintage Ordnance Survey maps https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/deep-blue-trouble 2025-07-07T14:16:27+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Translucent-blue-blog_15fecdfe-aee2-4c7b-b814-44094b6565b3.jpg?v=1751894187 Deep Blue Trouble A close up view of the translucent blue dial https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/regional-variations-in-enamel 2018-10-23T11:06:45+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Swatches.jpg?v=1536940910 Regional Variations in Enamel Enamel swatches - made to test different colour options in our Glasgow studio https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/choosing-a-movement 2018-10-23T11:08:23+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/mvmt.jpg?v=1536940806 Choosing a Movement Sellita SW200-1 movement with custom rotor https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/designing-the-watch-packaging 2018-10-23T11:07:58+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Leather-case-burgundy.jpg?v=1536940380 Designing the Packaging All anOrdain watches are supplied with a leather case https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/not-quite-white 2018-10-23T14:35:33+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Iron-cream-with-props-blog.jpg?v=1536940755 Not Quite White anOrdain Model 1 with iron cream dial photographed in our workshop https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/introducing-our-newest-team-member 2019-02-21T16:39:09+00:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Chris-2.jpg?v=1540303625 Introducing our new team members https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/movement-watch-1-0 2019-02-26T10:00:57+00:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/credor-fugaku-hero-image.png?v=1540306582 Movement Watch #1 - Grand Seiko https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/100-years-of-british-military-watches 2019-03-12T18:21:14+00:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/IMG_2427.JPG?v=1540305319 100 Years of British Military Watches - Part 1 https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/heabridean-blue 2018-11-01T16:46:37+00:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Hebridean-blue.jpg?v=1540306572 Hebridean Blue https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/100-years-of-british-military-watches-part-2 2019-01-11T11:12:21+00:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/6BB-lost-navigator-front_47a7b63d-21be-4a49-a89e-804cbf8f94de.jpg?v=1544545240 100 Years of British Military Watches - Part 2 https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/this-is-everything-you-need-to-know-about-enamel-dials-part-1 2019-01-11T11:46:46+00:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Enamels-2_88faa05e-f262-40d8-a016-99f779dad2f8.jpg?v=1545401697 This Is Everything You Need To Know About Enamel Dials – Part 1 https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/production-update 2019-01-11T11:14:04+00:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Nicky-studio-2.jpg?v=1545134653 Production Update https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/show-reports-salon-qp-and-windup-watch-fair 2019-01-11T11:53:35+00:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/show-reports-header.png?v=1547205322 Show reports: Salon QP and Windup Watch Fair https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/meet-the-team 2025-08-28T11:01:54+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Euan-1_42d4e7d4-fa24-4d88-b894-a30b6f8c0677.jpg?v=1756375314 Meet the Team #1 - Case Designer Euan https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/a-stitch-in-time 2025-07-14T18:27:39+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/gary-strap-newsletter_cc803ce4-0fe3-4d64-8374-8e7c09c9601c.jpg?v=1752514059 Leatherwork in the Highlands https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/this-is-everything-you-need-to-know-about-enamel-dials-part-2 2025-08-28T11:05:06+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Hebridean-blue-and-enamels_4dcf2cb4-4da2-456a-9003-c6e20f63b5de.jpg?v=1756375506 This Is Everything You Need To Know About Enamel Dials – Part 2 https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/100-years-of-british-military-watches-part-3 2025-08-28T10:59:47+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/6_78d4561a-08ab-4732-a474-591e190de631.jpg?v=1756375187 100 Years of British Military Watches - Part 3 https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/new-studio 2025-08-28T11:07:43+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Tools.png?v=1756375663 New Studio https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/case-engraving-now-available 2025-08-28T11:11:14+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Engraving-machine.png?v=1756375874 Case Engraving Now Available https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/hand-wound-vs-automatic 2025-08-28T11:10:05+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Handwound-vs-automatic-blog-image_0b9a032c-abad-4b81-bbde-315c50f7af66.png?v=1756375805 Automatic vs Hand Wound https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/old-crafts-new-hands 2025-08-28T11:08:50+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Hands_899ffbe9-467a-4efb-8a2e-d27b97cbbd36.png?v=1756375730 Old Crafts... New Hands https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/the-world-s-first-fume-enamel-dial 2025-08-28T11:12:23+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Orange-fumee-angled_copy_e21bcb38-52eb-4744-88f5-d94cca5eea7b.png?v=1756375943 The world’s first fumé enamel dial https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/topographical-engraving 2025-08-28T11:13:04+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/engraving-blog-header_339bf23d-35f1-4df2-a093-5423b53ae22a.png?v=1756375984 Topographical engraving https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/heat-tempered-hands 2025-08-28T11:14:00+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Heat-bluing-props-parallax_2048x2048_0e5b787f-79d4-4021-9350-8c025090e141.png?v=1756376040 Heat tempered hands https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/enamelling-techniques-cloisonne-enamel 2025-08-28T11:20:17+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Cloisonne_21c1e6cd-fe2d-4d52-b173-fd605d85ec8d.png?v=1756376417 Enamelling Techniques: Cloisonné https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/what-is-champleve-enamel 2025-08-28T11:33:03+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Champleve-props-close.png?v=1756377183 Enamelling Techniques: Champlevé Enamel https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/meet-the-anordain-team-morna-darling-enameller 2025-08-28T11:15:31+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Morna-drawings-added.png?v=1756376131 Meet The Team: Morna Darling - Enameller https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/anordain-x-paulin 2025-08-28T11:21:16+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Silver-props_632633df-df62-491b-85f0-67deedc94589.png?v=1756376476 anOrdain x Paulin https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/ticking-clock-device-in-cinema 2025-08-28T11:14:42+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Screen_Shot_2020-10-23_at_14.20.50_db253bb3-b558-4372-bc06-b5970f2b52dd.png?v=1756376082 About Time https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/anordain-model-3 2025-08-28T11:36:19+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Model-3-tease_a2ad5ce4-ea12-41fe-8eab-f7a54052e974.png?v=1756377379 The anOrdain Model 3: A Work in Progress https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/smiths-watches 2025-08-28T11:29:48+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Smiths-7.png?v=1756376988 Smith's Watches https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/the-model-1-fume-the-development-of-fume-enamel 2025-08-28T11:29:20+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Green-Fume-wrist-shot-blog-header_71fea0bf-4960-4492-98b4-9d4b5d2e5bf5.png?v=1756376960 The Model 1 Fumé: The Development of Fumé Enamel https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/anordain-watchmakers-meet-the-team 2025-08-28T11:47:49+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Nais-photo_77f3c479-80a7-4502-8886-bf78680e2215.png?v=1756378069 Meet the Team: Naïs and Carolina https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/plique-a-jour-enamel 2025-08-28T11:46:14+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/plique-a-jour-example_6f56ad2d-27cd-4d45-95e7-b0d2b9afb8bf.png?v=1756377974 Enamelling Techniques: Plique-à-jour https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/letters-from-assynt 2025-08-28T11:56:55+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/anOrdain_Letters_from_Assynt_Teaser_Newsletter_small_c_3e785756-fd13-4ff1-94f2-cb44593ceaab.jpg?v=1756378615 Letters From Assynt https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/thermal-bluing-1 2025-08-28T11:48:49+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Hands-narrow_05442484-69c3-48ef-baa6-b0f00ff80663.png?v=1756378129 Thermal Bluing https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/schaublin-70-lathe 2025-08-28T11:55:43+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/lathe.png?v=1756378543 Schaublin 70 Lathe https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/a-new-way-of-working 2025-08-28T11:58:22+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Nicky_Iron_3f21ea35-121c-48e2-ac97-94136cbbcdb5.png?v=1756378702 A New Way of Working https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/anordain-x-windup-watch-shop-the-model-1-precious-metal-series 2025-08-28T12:01:25+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Metal-dials-line-up_5d37ad9a-49b9-4309-b183-2803814cbe6b.png?v=1756378885 anOrdain x Windup Watch Shop – The Model 1 Precious Metal Series https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/anordain-enamel-dial-colours-parisian-blue 2025-08-28T12:00:21+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/DSC00015_iii_1a4f9c83-cc46-4eb1-9094-6bdd572eeca9.png?v=1756378821 anOrdain Enamel Dial Colours: Parisian Blue https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/a-history-of-british-watchmaking 2025-08-28T11:59:30+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/British-watchmaking-blog-menu-image_891c91bc-c3d4-42cd-8c83-d7857695d51a.png?v=1756378770 British Watchmaking in the 17th and 18th Century: Britain’s ‘Golden Age’ https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/model-2-brown-fume 2025-08-28T12:02:14+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Brown-fume-angled_a6af8b96-34ab-45f0-87cb-d61e80a2975a.png?v=1756378934 Model 2 Brown Fumé https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/anordain-supports-the-pink-dial-project 2025-08-28T12:03:32+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Pink-dial-angled-landscape_3315705c-2119-4ec2-816b-5c2d8996a653.png?v=1756379012 anOrdain Supports The Pink Dial Project https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/the-model-1-payne-s-grey-fume-a-gphg-finalist 2025-08-28T12:07:12+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Grey-fume-angled-landscape_147be21d-c2c2-4774-ba30-c92225950c9e.png?v=1756379232 The Model 1 Payne’s Grey Fumé - A GPHG Finalist! https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/october-production-update 2025-08-28T12:06:29+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Sally-ovens_46bd960a-1851-4800-9626-11fe858c2e80.png?v=1756379189 October Production Update https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/november-release-the-model-1 2025-08-28T12:08:06+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Parisian-blue-blog-image.png?v=1756379286 November Release: The Model 1 https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/an-update-on-batch-production 2025-08-28T12:10:28+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Dials-close-up_8f7146ca-a5c4-4f45-b712-00b226dea918.png?v=1756379428 An Update on Batch Production https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/december-release-model-1-fume 2025-08-28T12:12:27+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Combined-small_2048x_f806f881-6efa-4bad-b037-52e2c5d92164.png?v=1756379547 December Release: Model 1 Fumé https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/a-new-system 2025-08-28T12:14:22+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/99e3fb0b-f39c-6f04-d41e-ad18bc6a93d1_b4198659-183d-48e0-898f-1457ebd132ff.png?v=1756379662 A New System https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/the-model-2-ot-edition-in-conversation-with-andy-green-and-felix-scholz 2025-08-28T12:02:54+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Model-2_OT-Edition_Off-white-and-Pink_03ab4c2d-3408-4c31-a225-b499b473e930.png?v=1756378974 The Model 2 OT: Edition https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/december-2021-production-update 2025-08-28T12:14:53+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Vitreous_Enamel_Tools_blog_header_small_f8d29801-5a1a-4e93-aa1e-8ac95d2b5420.png?v=1756379693 Our System for 2022 https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/la-joux-perret-g100 2025-08-28T12:15:36+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/La-Joux-Perret_8e0cd3f6-c555-4e16-be7c-562aa8893e9c.png?v=1756379736 Introducing La Joux-Perret’s G100 https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/the-model-1-in-small-medium-and-large 2025-08-28T12:21:01+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/size-compaerison_8a433ed4-37d4-4521-81f3-5206cb6b847b.png?v=1756380061 The Model 1 in Small, Medium and Large https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/introducing-the-revised-model-2 2025-07-09T17:38:49+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Newsletter-large-small_3043cbbf-8c20-4d3a-aabe-eb0f551fe9f5.png?v=1752079129 Introducing the Revised Model 2 https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/struthers-248-dial 2025-08-28T12:21:59+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Struthers-watch-email-header_f7c39018-eb95-4056-9e21-a4d4cc68cf0f.png?v=1756380119 Struthers 248 dial https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/the-happy-accident-of-the-fume-dial 2025-08-28T12:22:46+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Blue-fume-dial-making-close-in_3c43467d-4d53-4c54-a66d-0445980d76c0.png?v=1756380166 The happy accident of the fumé dial https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/sunburst-dial 2025-08-28T12:43:57+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Engarving-tool-close-in_caab8441-8606-4bd3-95d2-49a34a3a0294.png?v=1756381437 Sunburst dial https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/meet-the-maker-martin-korval 2025-08-28T12:25:23+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Martin-portrait_aa6c5aac-5e2e-4dab-a264-402339f6615e.png?v=1756380323 Meet the Maker: Martin Koval https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/introducing-the-fabrik-collection 2026-03-16T14:19:19+00:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Fabrik_Blue_Wrist_Kier.webp?v=1773670759 Introducing the Fabrik Collection https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/the-method-dial 2025-08-28T12:44:35+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Method-blog-header_12b381e3-7121-49f5-8fbd-89b19e8cf451.png?v=1756381475 The Method Dial https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/meet-the-maker-the-man-behind-the-method-callum-robinson 2025-09-22T14:25:24+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/Callum_Robinson_by_Marc_Millar_2048x2048_jpg.webp?v=1756381547 Meet the Maker: The Man Behind the Method, Callum Robinson https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/introducing-the-model-2-porcelain 2025-08-28T12:46:28+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/DSC07840_copy_c.webp?v=1756381588 Introducing the Model 2 Porcelain: Delving Further into the Vitreous Arts https://an-ordain.live/blogs/news/the-anordain-a1 2025-08-28T12:47:40+01:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2331/5725/articles/DSC08661_copy_wide_copy_bb479ee9-cb92-4f86-be04-04b2921208b1.png?v=1756381660 The anOrdain A1: Decorating La Joux-Perret’s G101 Movement