I wont bore you too much. I joined the Royal Air Force in 86 at 18 years of age as a Survival Equipment Fitter and did nearly 25 years service. After my service had finished I became a prosthetics technician working at the then MOD centre for rehabilitation at Headley Court.

It was around the 2004 point I had become interested in watches and started making what is now the SPV3. I then designed the SPV1 watch strap which went on to become the best selling GGB in my line up.

I started selling these straps on ebay and it took off from there, fitting the GasGasBones work around family and normal work as things gained momentum. It got to a point where I physically could not do both so I took the decision to try GGB full time. In 2012 I jacked work in and have been doing this full time ever since.

Whats with the stupid name of GasGasBones is a question I get asked. When Ebay was in its infancy, I was looking for a name for the account. At the time I rode a GasGas trials bike and my nickname from childhood is Bones. Needing something easy to remember I just stuck the two names together and bingo, the brand came into existence!

The GasGasBones brand has evolved somewhat over the past few years to a point where I’m not just a strap maker. I have the 6B brand to take care of and although small, at times of new watch releases this keeps me exceptionally busy. Ive also been involved in a lot of other project work and taken commissions on from a variety of interesting places. Some of this work can be seen in the My Work Showcase tabs. Though this is interesting work for me and I love doing different things, it does mean that my own time is stretched thin. I try and balance this as best I can.

I’m in a super fortunate position where I can be creative and produce a varied and interesting amount of things working with my hands, working from home & have a fantastically supportive customer base !

GasGasBones is a shy reclusive creature, spending most of his time in GGB HQ (The Shed) supping Tea while making straps and other interesting ‘stuff’. He rarely ventures out of the shadows, but when he does its usually to forage for cake.