After-Market Customized Watches: Blasphemy or Art?

To die-hard fanatical watch collectors, touching a timepiece after market is like taking a piece of legendary art from a museum and adding graffiti to it These watches often become incredible works of art "Cutting watches is serious - it's intense and time-consuming.

To cut a single watch can take between 50 and 300 hours," says Ser While Ser says that he views watches as art before he touches them, he also sees them as a wide open canvas While others argue that a customized watch loses value, Ser says he has seen his customized pieces sell after engraving.

Including the LVMH brands of Hublot, TAG Heuer, and Zenith, have turned to a respected British watch customization company, Bamford Watch Department, to create authorized after-market watches For years, he customized watches using unusual color combinations, finishes, and more. . Source