To mark the launch of our GMT Neos, we thought we’d have a look at the history of how the GMT came to be such a staple of the watch world.  This handy little feature was born from a fascinating moment of innovation in 1950s America, when international plane travel became a modern feature of the upper classes. The original project was pitched to Rolex by prominent airline Pan Am as a solution for their pilots who frequently travelled across time zones and needed to quickly and reliably know the time at both the origin and destination.   The GMT-Master by Rolex via hypo.physe on Flick ..read more

With sustainability being one of our three core values when founding Paulin, we consciously decided to use and source sustainable and durable materials for our packaging. If you have read our previous blog post about our tenth anniversary, you’ll know that we are proud to say that our packaging has been plastic-free since 2015!  One of our most used and loved materials is cork. We use this 100% natural, sustainable and biodegradable material in our best-selling wall clock and for our watch packaging. The previous iteration of our watch packaging was made from card and paper, with a cork ..read more

Ten years since launching Paulin, we’re embarking on a new chapter – we’re now part of fellow Scottish watchmaker, anOrdain. As part of this change, we’ve undertaken a visual rebrand and are making some big changes to the way we work.     We’ve always been a predominantly bricks-and-mortar watch brand, a definite anomaly in a sector mainly existing online. So, when Covid made retail untenable, and the founders left to spend more time with their young families, it posed a challenge. Becoming part of anOrdain made a lot of sense, and a year after we started working together, the futur ..read more

You might not know this about us, but we take a lot of pride in the straps accompanying our watches. We believe your strap should have just as much care and attention paid to it as your watch, with each strap option offering something unique. British Bridle leather straps British bridle leather has been our staple watch strap for years now. Sourced from Clayton's Tannery in Chesterfield, England, this bridle leather is a hard wearing, quality leather. Constructed with one piece of waxed, full-grain leather and two vertical stitches to ensure durability the bridle leather is a mo ..read more

We love a good collaboration here at Paulin and our newest one is doubly exciting. Not only are we once again utilising our Stockbridge shop as an exhibition space featuring the original work of emerging talent Katie Forbes but we're also launching a brand new Paulin product- our very first umbrella- in collaboration with Katie too!  We were first introduced to Katie's work in 2020 when her illustrations started popping up around Glasgow and we wanted to know more. Her work is bold, graphic, colourful and is often concerned with humour and subversive depictions of the ..read more

 The first quartz watch was released in 1964 and introduced a fundamental change to the watch market. People quickly came to favour quartz watches over traditional mechanical watchmaking for a number of reasons: because they have less moving parts, they are more durable and experience less wear-and-tear. Similarly, they are also 100% reliable, take up significantly less space (allowing for a smaller watch case) and cheaper to produce.  In the 70s and 80s, when traditional Swiss watchmaking was still in its heyday, the continued rise of quartz watches posed a very real threat. The f ..read more

Finding Form is part of a photography project Susan Castillo created during lockdown which explores how shape and colour are transformed over time. The creation of hand-built sculptural objects, which are then photographed over a long exposure, culminates in the intrinsic abstract, saturated and graphic nature of the work. Why did you put yourself forward for the open call?  It’s nice to be a part of semi-local (I’m Glasgow based) events - particularly during this strange time we find ourselves in. Also, I’ve always liked what Paulin do and their ethos so it felt like a nice opportunity t ..read more

This oversized posset pot created by Morven Mulgrew was moulded with very wet clay and minimal technical tools, with any refinement minimised in order to fully embody the process of making into the pot. The ancient medical pot signifies the process of healing through the act of making and is single fired with a homemade glaze. Why did you put yourself forward for the open call? I wanted to make another Posset Pot, as I have been playing with the form, and so when I saw the open call I thought it was a nice opportunity to make another one for display, and be more experimental than I perhaps cou ..read more

  Started in Glasgow and later completed in London during the 2020 lockdown, Lauren Li Porter created this work from reconfigured sketches for textile pieces made, rejected, reworked, and collaged over the course of several years. The abstract forms drawn from both cities are complemented by the bands of white, creating a sense of order whilst also acting as a means of reducing waste in the improvisational quilting process. Why did you put yourself forward for the open call? I found the prompt of ‘process’ very apt in relation to my quilting practice and was interested in the idea of a di ..read more

Found objects are collected and processed by Danka Nisevic, creating a narrative between man, object and nature. The process is simultaneously enticing yet rejecting, as its ambiguity creates a trajectory which transforms the perception of these objects from unobserved ephemera to considered and contemplated remnants.     Why did you put yourself forward for the open call?  I found Paulin to be intriguing. I felt connected to your principles: tasteful, innovative, ethical, understated… the interdisciplinary nature of your store and of the exhibition itself was inspiring. I ..read more