Lancashire Watch Company – LWC
John Gerard Platt – Author of Lancashire Watch Company History and Watches and owner of the JGP watch
Description: John Platt, JGP watch, history, costs and photos of it all over the world, in every continent
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When I worked for a living I started early on, signing all documents ‘JGP’. It always sounded better to me than ‘John Platt’.
‘John Platt’ is one of these forename/surname combinations that only has, in its birth certificate state, two syllables. Quite unusual. For example, the name Ben Brown counts as four syllables because, unless you were registered as ‘Ben’, you’re really ‘Benjamin’. Over the years I noticed this phenomenon. To make matters even worse, ‘ John’ and ‘Platt’ are both harsh words, whereas ‘Brown’ is a ‘softer’ word. I used to say that my name was a bit like ‘dog muck’, two single syllables, each a harsh sounding w
You will see from other parts of my websites that I am an aficionado of Horological matters – I like clock and watches. When I retired in 2003, I thought ‘I’d like my own ‘brand’ of watch’. So in September 2006 I went to the Hong Kong Clock and Watch Fair and toured the sellers’ stands asking what it would cost to have a watch branded ‘JGP’.
Lancashire Watch Company – LWC
John Gerard Platt – Author of Lancashire Watch Company History and Watches and owner of the JGP watch