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1339 search results for: Why I Bought It

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Watch Collecting Regrets? I’ve Had A Few, But Not Too Few To Mention: They Include Selling Too Soon And Failing To Buy – Reprise

August 18, 2019/2 Comments/in Highlights, Collectors and Collecting/by GaryG

[…] choices involved lead at times to regrets; for GaryG, along with many of his pals, the sadness is much more often about pieces they sold too soon or failed to buy rather than pieces they were sorry about buying in the first place (although surely everyone has a few “what was I thinking?” buying moments).

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The (Not So) Complete Story Of Rock And Roll And Watches: Ramp The Volume Up To 11! – Reprise

May 12, 2019/1 Comment/in Arts, Highlights/by Jan Lidmaňský

The mechanical watch works just like a metronome, with its isochronic balance maintaining a steady rhythm and the delicate tick-tock of its pallet jewels providing a rhythmic beat to our oft-frantic lives. If we ramp up the power and swap the metronome for a drum kit and a few electric guitars we have rock […]

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Battles Of Breguet Part Two: Waterloo

March 6, 2019/0 Comments/in Highlights, History, Breguet/by Martin Green

Even when you are really good at your craft and universally recognized, you might unwittingly find yourself in the middle of a battle. This is what happened to Abraham-Louis Breguet in the early nineteenth century as the Napoleonic Wars were being waged throughout Europe. For many years these conflicts offered both opportunities and challenges to […]

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SIHH 2019 Round Table: What We Liked, What We Didn’t Like, And What We Would Buy For Ourselves. Warning: Heavy Photo Fest And Sexually Graphic Images

January 22, 2019/10 Comments/in Events, Fairs & Exhibitions, Round Table/by Elizabeth Doerr

Join our Quill & Pad round table discussion where we reveal what we did and didn’t like at the 2019 SIHH (Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie). Erotic “hot horologie” and bonbons included along with the most honest opinions you’re bound to find.

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Top 5 Jaeger-LeCoultre Stories In 5 Years Of Quill & Pad

December 8, 2018/3 Comments/in Highlights, Jaeger-LeCoultre/by Elizabeth Doerr

There are many stories of personal engagement with and discovery of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s timepieces here on Quill & Pad. But here are the five most popular Jaeger-LeCoultre stories from the past five years.

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Grönefeld One Hertz – A Collector’s Journey (Archive)

September 1, 2018/0 Comments/in Collectors and Collecting, Grönefeld/by GaryG

For a watch fanatic, and especially for lovers of independent watch brands, meeting the makers of the watches that we admire is a dream come true. With the Grönefeld brothers, it’s that pleasure multiplied by two. And then there’s the sensational One Hertz.‎

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Heavyweight Bout: Patek Philippe Reference 5170P vs. 5070P (Plus 5070P-013 ‘London’ Edition) Chronographs

July 28, 2018/13 Comments/in Collectors and Collecting, Patek Philippe/by GaryG

From the time GaryG revealed that he’d added a Patek Philippe Reference 5170P chronograph to his collection, he has frequently been asked two questions: how does it compare to his Patek Philippe Reference 5370P split-seconds chronograph? And how does it compare to Patek Philippe’s prior flagship chronograph, the platinum-encased Reference 5070P?

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Split Decision: Patek Philippe Reference 5370P vs. A. Lange & Söhne Double Split, An Owner’s Perspective

August 2, 2025/6 Comments/in Highlights, Thoughts & Opinion, A. Lange & Söhne, Patek Philippe/by GaryG

If there were a watch enthusiasts’ encyclopedia, under “embarrassment of riches” the image might just be a side-by-side shot two of contemporary watchmaking’s great complicated pieces: the “mighty” A. Lange & Söhne Double Split and Patek Philippe’s Reference 5370P split-second chronograph.

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Watch Collecting Regrets? I’ve Had A Few, But Not Too Few To Mention: They Include Selling Too Soon And Failing To Buy

June 2, 2018/7 Comments/in Highlights, Collectors and Collecting, Independents/by GaryG

[…] the choices involved lead at times to regrets; for GaryG, along with many of his pals, the sadness is much more often about pieces sold too soon or failed to buy rather than pieces they were sorry about buying in the first place (although surely everyone has a few “what was I thinking?” buying moments).

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Independent Watchmaking: A New Trend Or Just A Trendy Term?

May 7, 2018/5 Comments/in Highlights, Thoughts & Opinion, Independents/by Ashton Tracy

The word “ independent” is used frequently in connection with watchmakers and brands that couldn’t be more different in their scope; and we seem to be seeing more “independent watchmakers” and “independent niche brands” pop up. In this new age of “independents” how can we determine who actually is and who isn’t (but claims […]

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