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Are watch spotters the new train spotters" Train spotters were rife in the 50s and 60s when trains were a whole lot more interesting to look at as they ran on steam, and were gloriously mechanical. But by 1968, locomotives which had been designed to happily ply Britain?s railways, had been more or less phased out, and with them went the traditional train spotter, clad in his grubby anorak, carrying his thermos flask and notepad so as to hang around chilly railway embankments in the hope of noting down locomotive numbers.
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In contrast, the watch spotter has had a much better time of it. There?s no hanging around freezing train stations, no anoraks required, and above all, since the nadir of the 70s and early 80s, there has been a renaissance in mechanical timepieces for the watch spotter to marvel at from a multitude of top Swiss brands who dedicate their lives to developing innovative ideas around the theme of intricate and brilliantly conceived mechanical movements. Unlike train spotters, the heyday for the ardent watch spotter was not the 50s or 60s, it is right here right now. With the rise and rise of celebrity culture, watchspotting has become almost an obsessive sport. Unlike trains, which are visible to the naked eye from hundreds of metres away, the watch spot requires high powered camera lense...