Number of watches sold per year – 1.3 to 1.4 billion
Quartz watches – >1 billion watches
Smart watches – 180-200 million watches
Mechanical watches – 60-80 million watches
Swiss mechanical watches – 7-10 million watches
Total watch market annually…
Continue readingHere is my high horology collection of 18 watches out of my total of more than 90 watches. Quite a few of them are from the neo-vintage era as these are collected over three decades.
You’ll see watches from Vacheron Constantin, Breguet, Jaeger LeCoult…
Continue readingI like exotic leather straps and here are some of my favorites – stingray, 2-tone salmon skin, lizard, ostrich, beaver, colorful alligator etc.
Since alligator/crocodile in basic colors like black and brown are fairly common on dress watches, show us …
Continue readingI was reading this article about Indian watches nominated for the GPHG awards and a couple of them look really interesting. Most of them seem to be limited editions that would be tough to get especially if you don’t live in India.
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Continue readingI’m starting to see salmon skin straps here and there when I go to collector events. The two-tone patterns you can get on them makes me wonder if it is going to be the next popular exotic leather.
Here is my LIC salmon strap on an IWC Portofino watch…
Continue readingTook pictures of my collection hoard. Too many watches? I do wear them all though typically within a month.
If you have the patience to look at all the photos, you hopefully will see some watches that you find interesting.
How would you describe this…
Continue readingMy birthday is next Tuesday, but my wife gave me the gift early as the watch arrived today. It is a JLC Tribute Duoface Reverso and it looks stunning. She saw me looking longingly at this reference at the boutique when I went to see the new models fr…
Continue readingWhile looking at my watch winders/boxers, I just realized that I have 16 German watches from 11 brands. 3 from Junghans, 2 from Glashutte Original, 2 from Sinn, 2 from Alexander Shorokhoff, 1 each from Nomos, Hanhart, Laco, Hentschel, Tutima, Circula a…
Continue readingMost Doxa owners have multiple Doxas – different colors, different models. It seems like the unique shapes and colorful dials make it addictive to be a Doxa owner. How many Doxas are you rocking?
I just got my second one and I have a feeling that th…
Continue readingIt looks like there is no Cartier Tank thread focused on pictures, ownership experiences and discussions about this iconic model that has been around for 110 years. There are so many variants of the Tank also that have become design icons over time. …
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