Men's English Laundry Watches English Laundry is the New York-based menswear label English from Manchester-born designer Christopher Wicks. Founding his label at the age of just 22, the designer takes inspiration from the music culture of the sixties and seventies fused with a quintessentially British aesthetic. Featuring classic chronograph designs in a range of colors, English Laundry's collection of watches combines original styling with a modern twist, created with stainless steel chronograph faces and leather wrist straps.