Bernard O'Shea has become obsessed with watches

Bernard thought it was just he and John Joe Brennan that were obsessed with horology but it turns out the internet is exploding with collectors

Bernard is checking his Post Office book to see which one he can afford. Photograph Moya Nolan

During lockdown I got obsessed to a lot of things. Baking, meditation, drinking turmeric tea and walking barefoot on grass to ground myself, but I never thought that I would become completely infatuated with watches.

As a kid I was obsessed with time. I couldn’t understand why every thing was measured in tens but time was measured in sixes. A quick Google search will tell you we have the Sumerians to thank for that, and primarily the Swiss to thank for the current global obsession to possessing some of the most complex and beautiful objects ever made on planet Earth.