The History of Vertex Watches and The Dirty Dozen Story

For all your watch needs check out our website! https://www.watchgecko.com/ We had the privilege of interviewing Don Cochrane about Vertex and the Dirty Dozen watches. Don is the great-grandson of Claude Lyons, who started Vertex Watches all the way back in 1912. Don wanted to restart the family business and continue the watchmaking legacy left by his great-grandfather. We discussed the Vertex M100a which is a super high-quality field watch, we reviewed it here - https://youtu.be/i7ZuGI9uUYI We also looked at the other models - MP45 and M60 and we were genuinely impressed by the quality and presentation of the watches! Vertex seems like a really good value-for-money British watch brand, so stay tuned for our review of the M60. Model Wrist Size: 6.5 inch LINKS: Website: https://www.watchgecko.com/ Blog: https://www.watchgecko.com/blog/ SOCIAL: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watchgecko/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/watchgecko/ 0:00 The history of Vertex 5:16 The Only British Dirty Dozen Watchmaker 9:45 Vertex watches and World War 2 12:30 What happened after the war? 16:13 Designing the M100 and re-starting the brand 21:13 The coolest Peli case 23:24 MP45 - mono-pusher chronograph 24:16 M60 - diving watch 27:31 Two lug pin positions 28:17 Brand identity