Mappin & Webb Watches of Switzerland Campaign Mens Watch

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Mappin & Webb Watches of Switzerland Campaign Mens Watch

Ref. 01 030 1050 4156

The Campaign draws on Mappin & Webb's own archive of watches made for British soldiers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries — the coin-edge case profile, the onion crown, the sword hands and the red twelve are all lifted from that material rather than invented for effect. The red twelve in particular comes directly from military-issue pieces where it served as an unambiguous orientation point under pressure. Seven percent of net sales from this collection goes to Style for Soldiers, a charity supporting severely injured servicemen, which gives the heritage reference rather more weight than most military-inspired designs can claim. On the wrist the dial is deliberately legible: bold Arabic numerals, a small seconds at six o'clock, nothing else competing for attention. The onion crown sits proud enough to grip easily with cold or gloved hands — a detail that reads as ornamental at a glance but was entirely functional in origin.

Reference: 01 030 1050 4156
Brand: Mappin & Webb
Case material: Stainless steel
Case shape: Round
Dial: Black
Crystal: Sapphire
Movement: Automatic
Functions: Small seconds
Water resistance: 50m
Bracelet / strap: Leather strap
Strap colour: Black
Retailer: Mappin & Webb

Learn more about Mappin & Webb

Jonathan Mappin opened a silver workshop in Sheffield in 1775. The firm became Mappin & Webb when John Newton Mappin took George Webb into partnership a century later, and moved into London retailing from Oxford Street.

Royal warrants followed and have continued: the company has held appointments as silversmiths to the Crown across successive reigns, and has made and maintained ceremonial silver, trophies and regalia — including work associated with coronations and with sporting trophies still competed for today.

The watch side is retail rather than manufacture. Mappin & Webb sells the Swiss houses through its own shops, and pieces carrying the Mappin & Webb name are produced to its specification rather than in its own workshops.

The company sits within Watches of Switzerland Group alongside Goldsmiths and Watches of Switzerland itself, which is why the three often share stock and feed data.

Its own-name watches are conservative by design — dress cases, Roman numerals, slim profiles — aimed at buyers who want a British jeweller's name rather than a Swiss manufacture's.

1775: Jonathan Mappin opens a silver workshop in Sheffield.
1860: Expands into London retailing.
1897: The Mappin & Webb partnership takes its modern form.
1990: Continues as royal silversmith across successive reigns.
2017: Sits within Watches of Switzerland Group.

Also in 4 collections

This watch appears in Back in Stock (4,007), Stainless Steel Watches (2,833), Automatic Watches (1,417) and Leather Strap Watches (904).