A commerorative Black Watch timepiece created to help raise funds for veterans has sold out in just three days after being featured in The Courier.
The limited-edition piece was created by master watchmaker Robin Devine and features the historic regiment’s badge and tartan.
It honours squaddies from what is now known as the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS).
Robin, of Toronto-based Time is Ticking, said the entire stock was snapped up by former Black Watch soldiers from around the globe.
To keep up with demand Robin has been working until 4am packaging and posting all 70 of the timepieces herself.
Robin attributed demand to an article which featured in The Courier last month.
She said: “The watches only sold because of The Courier article that is an absolute fact.
“People sent out the article all over the world. People were calling Toronto all day from the time the article came out until the watches had been sold.”
Robin said many buyers told her of their memories of serving in the regiment, which dates from 1739.
“The people in Scotland had such wonderful stories to tell about how much the watch meant to them,” said Robin.
“There were some elderly veterans who had never used a credit card and for them to call Toronto to a far off country and to someone they didn’t know really tells you how important the watch was to them.
“I feel like the watch is helping to keep the history of the regiments alive in a way that can be publically displayed.”
Robin hopes to have a similar success with a watch celebrating the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, which traditionally recruits from Stirlingshire.
Profits from the watch, which is available through the regimental museum or through the Time is Ticking website, will go to veterans.