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Peter Roberts – watch guru

  has its stars, but there’s also that person who everyone on the inside knows is The Real Boss. In Watchworld, that person is Peter Roberts. Unless your veins run with Moebius watch oil, you might not have heard of him. You’ll know the Bremont MBII though, with its distinctive coloured anodised aluminium barrel. That was Peter’s idea, as were the watch’s antimagnetic cage and Roto-Click bezel. He also taught some of the best-known

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