The History of Vertex Watches and The Dirty Dozen Story

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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 -    • This Luxury Field Watch is Amazing! -...  

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

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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