Vivienne Westwood

Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren opened a shop at 430 King's Road in 1971, and over the next few years it became the outfitter of British punk. Westwood went on to become one of the most decorated designers Britain has produced, with the orb logo — a sovereign's orb with a Saturn ring — as the house signature from 1987.

The watches are licensed rather than made in-house, produced under agreement by a British accessories manufacturer and sold through department stores and jewellers.

They carry the house language directly: the orb on the crown or the dial, tartan and heritage-check straps, asymmetric cases, and a willingness to be decorative that most watch brands avoid. Quartz movements, fashion pricing.

Westwood died in 2022. The house continues, and the watch line with it.

Vivienne Westwood holds 39 models, from £95 to £325. Half cost less than £270, and a quarter less than £238. Prices are checked nightly against the retailers’ own feeds.

1971

Opens 430 King's Road with Malcolm McLaren.

1981

The first catwalk collection, Pirate.

1987

The orb logo becomes the house signature.

1992

Appointed OBE; later made a Dame.

2022

Vivienne Westwood dies; the house continues.