In 2016, The Camden Watch Company (www.CamdenWatchCompany.com), an independent British design brand based in the heart of Camden founded by wife and husband team Anneke Short and Jerome Robert, launched their first limited edition timepiece. Limited to 200 pieces, the watch was a tribute to Tom Sayers, a champion 1800s bare-knuckle boxer from Camden, arguably the best England has ever known,

Over the first lockdown in 2020, Anneke and Jerome began working on a new design based on their original Tom Sayers piece based on the fact customers were contacting them to bring back the watch as they had missed out on the original run.

The result – The Camden Watch Company No.88 Tom Sayers Type II – a “punchier” watch with a polished black case, a two-tone printed dual layer dial and available in either an oxblood or black leather strap.

Anneke Short says: “We produced the original in four batches of 50, each batch sold out fast, and ever since we have received emails and messages asking if by chance we’d held any back, which we had not, or even if it was possible to buy our very own edition which we hold in a collection, which of course it is not.”

About the new No.88 Tom Sayers Type II, Jerome Robert says: “Our original edition featured a stainless steel case while the new edition features a polished black-ion plated case. Along with the timepiece, consumers will also receive in their package a newspaper which explains the history of Tom Sayers.”

Price: £169

Limited to 250 pieces

www.camdenwatchcompany.com/collections/tom-sayers-limited-edition

Case size: ø 39 mm

Case depth: 8.4 mm

Gender: Unisex

Case Material: Polished Black Ion Plated Stainless Steel

Strap type: Black or Oxblood Leather Strap (Genuine Leather, Nylon)

Water resistance: 50 metres

Movement: Japanese Quartz (battery)