The Watch Collector Series: Watch Collecting Vs. Other Types of Collecting
Pretty much anything can be, and is, collected. People will accumulate all sorts of objects, for many different reasons. Some are completely understandable. Sports fans, for instance, often fall into collecting memorabilia of their favorite team or player. Autograph hunters tend to do it for the thrill of the chase or to amass the most […]
Watch Collector Series: The Different Types of Watch Collecting
The world of horology is massively diverse. There are countless different brands, each with their own archive of models. In the case of some manufacturers, Rolex being one, those individual pieces have enough variation in their makeup to fill an encyclopedia. Tiny discrepancies in dial markings, logo design or text can mean the difference between […]
The History of Watch Collecting
The vintage watch collecting market has witnessed an exponential rise in both popularity and prices over the last decade. Although it seems as if the industry is experiencing its golden age, it might be too early to tell. The phenomenon itself is a relatively new one, only really starting with any serious vengeance in the […]
The Watch Collector Series: What are the Different Watch Types?
Like just about any specialized field, watch collecting comes with its own language—its own particular jargon and terminology. To the outsider or relative newcomer it can all be especially confusing; this is something, after all, that has had several hundred years to develop a unique vocabulary. As part of our watch collector series, we are […]