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1339 search results for: Why I Bought It

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My Wife, The Watch Collector, And Her Collection – Reprise

July 11, 2020/0 Comments/in Highlights, Collectors and Collecting, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Ladies watches/by GaryG

MrsG, GaryG’s charming wife, is perhaps most enthusiastic about her collection of Southwestern Native American arts and jewelry, but here Gary takes a look at her interesting watches, which include excellent examples from Jaeger-LeCoultre, Blancpain, Alain Silberstein, Audemars Piguet, and more.

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Does Hand Finishing Matter? A Collector’s View Of Movement Decoration – Reprise

July 4, 2020/0 Comments/in Watch Brands & Horology, Highlights, Collectors and Collecting/by GaryG

[…] a topic that seems to fascinate, and divide, watch enthusiasts. Like many people, GaryG’s starting point for serious watches was with a well-priced brand long known for its expertise in developing movements, justly viewed as offering good value for money – but not necessarily for the refinement of its movement finishing, at least on […]

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Grand Seiko 1960 Re-Creations: Celebrating A Turning Point

June 28, 2020/4 Comments/in Seiko/by Joshua Munchow

To celebrate its enduring legacy, Grand Seiko has re-created the original Grand Seiko model from December of 1960, and it is all the right kinds of vintage Japanese minimalist design that any self-respecting WIS would appreciate. The Grand Seiko 1960 Re-Creations are the essence of Grand Seiko.

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Behind The Lens: The F.P. Journe Tourbillon Souverain – Reprise

June 28, 2020/0 Comments/in Behind the Lens, F.P. Journe/by GaryG

One of the great advantages of belonging to the relatively close-knit community of watch collectors is having the opportunity to see and photograph a lot of great watches. Here GaryG takes on the formidable F.P. Journe Tourbillon Souverain with his mighty camera and collecting knowledge.

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Larcum Kendall And K1: The Greatest Watchmaker And Watch You Have (Probably) Never Heard Of – Reprise

July 5, 2020/4 Comments/in History, Pocket watches/by Ian Skellern

[…] Mudge, George Graham, John Harrison, the Longitude Prize, Captain James Cook, and the mutiny on the ‘HMS Bounty.’ However, you are less likely to have heard the name of a horologist who played a pivotal role in all of the above: Larcum Kendall (1719–1790). Come with me on a worldwide adventure involving timekeeping and history.

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Top 5 Watches Of 2020 So Far: A Totally Biased Round Table Discussion Of Our Favorite Timepieces Of The Year To Date

June 11, 2020/7 Comments/in Highlights, Round Table, Breguet, De Bethune, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Jaquet Droz/by Elizabeth Doerr

Here our panel members discuss the watches they’ve seen launched in the first half of 2020 thus far and pick their favorites. So sit down, grab a glass of your favorite tipple, and settle in for a rich feast of new watches.

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Let Them Eat Cake: The Intriguing Story Of Marie Antoinette And Her Legendary Breguet Pocket Watch No. 160 – Reprise

June 13, 2020/0 Comments/in History, Breguet, Pocket watches/by Elizabeth Doerr

In 1783, just as the queen of France, Marie Antoinette, was sitting for a portrait, an officer of the queen’s guard visited Abraham-Louis Breguet’s workshop: Queen Marie Antoinette desired a pocket watch containing all known horological complications at the time. It took 44 years to complete and is perhaps the most famous watch […]

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New Iron Walker By Wempe Glashütte: Serious Steel

June 6, 2020/7 Comments/in Highlights, Wempe Glashütte/by Sabine Zwettler

Wempe Glashütte, the watch brand from Germany’s most famous retailer, has recently introduced a new team to the sporty steel-encased league: the Iron Walker. Sabine Zwettler takes a closer look at the three flagship models at debut.

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Attending An Auction With The Intent To Buy – And What Happened Next – Reprise

June 7, 2020/0 Comments/in Highlights, Auctions, Collectors and Collecting/by Elizabeth Doerr

Vintage watches are becoming more and more of a subject in our little world of ticks and tocks. So Elizabeth Doerr set out for Frankfurt very early one Saturday morning to meet up with an old acquaintance, vintage watch dealer Ron Geweniger, to attend the Dr. Crott auction and learn a bit of what […]

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Keep Calm And Continue Collecting: Advice For An Up And Down Watch Market

June 6, 2020/0 Comments/in Highlights, Collectors and Collecting, Thoughts & Opinion/by GaryG

Now, it seems fairly evident that we are on the down slope of either a cyclical correction in prices or, if one takes a less optimistic view, a permanent loss of watch value as the mechanical timepiece industry faces a variety of challenges and potential disruptions. So what’s a collector to do? And what […]

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