One Collector's Watch-Related Travels Of Late 2019: Where I've Been And What I've Learned

While at one time online forums led the way, now RedBar and other watch clubs provide a robust, and I think enduring model for participants in the watch hobby to connect and share The emergence of a new generation of watch lovers is colliding with aspects of the maker movement and the viability of online watch marketing to provide opportunities to a growing set of American watch businesses I'm a pretty simple-minded fellow when it comes to rank-ordering the pre-selected watches: it's about the watch itself within the criteria for its category, regardless of whether the maker is a big company or a small independent; the country of origin Swiss, Dutch, German, Russian, Malaysian, or Japanese; whether the brand in question has won many prizes in the past or few; or whether I've bought several of the maker's watches in the past or none at all.

Rexhep Rexhepi's star continues to rise: his Only Watch contribution sold for CHF 360,000 to a bidder I know personally, and the buzz around the watch was a highlight of the weekend Just prior to the beginning of the holiday season in the United States, I had the wonderful opportunity to join Quill & Pad colleagues Ian Skellern and Elizabeth Doerr in Dubai for the 2019 Watch Week and to serve as the moderator of one of the panel discussions in the Horology Forum Dubai Watch Week receives well-deserved rave reviews from pretty much everyone I've heard from, is a consumer-centered event that seeks to introduce new participants to the world of watches as well as provide in-depth conversations to engage existing devotees.

The Seddiqi family, founder and host of Dubai Watch Week, knows what it is doing! Having seen the level of organization and imagination behind Watch Week as well as having experienced the warmth and hospitality of everyone involved with it, I'm not at all surprised that they are immensely successful as retailers and that Watch Week has already taken on legendary status. . Source