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At lower volumes and higher prices like some of the indies or limited pieces with bigger brands (e.g. Cartier crash, Newman Daytona) where dozens, maybe hundreds of watches are at stake for a very tight audience, some focused buying and supply manipulation could be huge. Huge for a small number of w

Not worried about getting robbed on the subway, odd looks from coworkers, blowing a tough negotiation with a street hawker in China, or even getting noticed at the average watch store. I have a Blancpain deployant on the watch and at one of the big auction houses someone asked what model Blancpain i

And he's a morkie (maltest/yorkie)!

I haven't posted in a while because I've been boring. A few years ago in attempt to consolidate the collection I fell into this Greubel Forsey Signature 1. It didn't make sense to me at first - checked none of the boxes that I normally look for in a watch. No lume, too small, no real wr, time on a s

I actually think of De Bethune and Voutilainen as similar in how much both brands do in house. Totally different watches but more than most indies, these two brands share a philosophy of doing as much in house as possible to support their creativity and independence of manufacture and prototyping.