Peter Roberts: Watchmaking Work & Brands

At a glance

Role: Watchmaker / chronograph developer / teacher 1
Period: 20th–21st century
Place: United Kingdom 1

The watchmaking story

Useful places to start with Peter Roberts' work include Concentrique (1972) and Grand Complication 5. 2

Sources connect Peter Roberts with WOSTEP and Hackney College, without establishing a formal role. 1 2 3

Peter Roberts Watches is the name recorded for Peter Roberts' own watchmaking practice. 1 2 3

Scope: Direct watchmaking

Why this person is included

Documented attributable individual contribution

Background and working context

Affiliations and workshops: WOSTEP; Hackney College; Peter Roberts Watches 1

Geographic ties: United Kingdom; Switzerland. Documented workplace / project location; not a citizenship assertion 1

Brands, workshops, and other relationships

Institution / education / public service · Inherited source-linked record; relationship classification reviewed, sources not reopened
WOSTEP — Institutional association — role not established. Watchmaker / chronograph developer / teacher 1 2 3
Legacy affiliation: WOSTEP; Hackney College; Peter Roberts Watches. Person-level contribution: Built the Concentrique five-central-hand chronograph as a WOSTEP project and developed its Grand Complication 5 successor; also taught watchmakers at Hackney College.
Original affiliation wording: WOSTEP; Hackney College; Peter Roberts Watches. No present-day employment or ownership inferred.
Institution / education / public service · Inherited source-linked record; relationship classification reviewed, sources not reopened
Hackney College — Institutional association — role not established. Watchmaker / chronograph developer / teacher 1 2 3
Legacy affiliation: WOSTEP; Hackney College; Peter Roberts Watches. Person-level contribution: Built the Concentrique five-central-hand chronograph as a WOSTEP project and developed its Grand Complication 5 successor; also taught watchmakers at Hackney College.
Original affiliation wording: WOSTEP; Hackney College; Peter Roberts Watches. No present-day employment or ownership inferred.
Watch brand / watchmaking business · Inherited source-linked record; relationship classification reviewed, sources not reopened
Peter Roberts Watches — Own watchmaking practice. Watchmaker / chronograph developer / teacher 1 2 3
Legacy affiliation: WOSTEP; Hackney College; Peter Roberts Watches. Person-level contribution: Built the Concentrique five-central-hand chronograph as a WOSTEP project and developed its Grand Complication 5 successor; also taught watchmakers at Hackney College.
Original affiliation wording: WOSTEP; Hackney College; Peter Roberts Watches. No present-day employment or ownership inferred.

Evidence and limitations

This dossier connects 8 field-specific evidence records with 3 public sources. Known links only; full career not established; unresolved relationship(s) remain

Claim qualifications (8)

Full name: Maker/company history, not independent credential verification. Teaching and consultancy claims are historical, not assertions of current roles. 1
Affiliations / workshops: Maker/company history, not independent credential verification. Teaching and consultancy claims are historical, not assertions of current roles. 1
Specific role: Maker/company history, not independent credential verification. Teaching and consultancy claims are historical, not assertions of current roles. 1
Geographic ties: Maker/company history, not independent credential verification. Teaching and consultancy claims are historical, not assertions of current roles. 1
Primary geography: Maker/company history, not independent credential verification. Teaching and consultancy claims are historical, not assertions of current roles. 1
Noteworthy contribution: Maker account identifies a Valjoux base. No world-first or entirely in-house calibre claim; do not infer a birth year from a reported age. 2
Representative work: Maker account identifies a Valjoux base. No world-first or entirely in-house calibre claim; do not infer a birth year from a reported age. 2
Qualifications / caveats: Maker account identifies a Valjoux base. No world-first or entirely in-house calibre claim; do not infer a birth year from a reported age. 2

Sources

HistoryNot stated · Peter Roberts Watches · First-party biography / project record · Not stated
[S0331] Peter Roberts Watches. "History." Not stated. https://www.peterrobertswatchmakers.com/history/ Accessed 2026-09-13. Locator: WOSTEP, Hackney College teaching and named pupils.
Source context
Relationship to subject: Subject or affiliated organization
How it was checked: Opened — relevant text inspected. WOSTEP, Hackney College teaching and named pupils
Limitation: Maker/company history, not independent credential verification. Teaching and consultancy claims are historical, not assertions of current roles.
Grand Complication 5Not stated · Peter Roberts Watches · First-party biography / project record · Not stated
[S0332] Peter Roberts Watches. "Grand Complication 5." Not stated. https://www.peterrobertswatchmakers.com/grand-complication-5/ Accessed 2026-09-13. Locator: 1972 Concentrique; five central hands; 2013 project and Valjoux base.
Source context
Relationship to subject: Subject or affiliated organization
How it was checked: Opened — relevant text inspected. 1972 Concentrique; five central hands; 2013 project and Valjoux base
Limitation: Maker account identifies a Valjoux base. No world-first or entirely in-house calibre claim; do not infer a birth year from a reported age.
https://www.peterrobertswatchmakers.com/history/ https://www.peterrobertswatchmakers.com/grand-complication-5/linked source

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