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Thinking, Fast and Slow... Again.
Turns out your gut might be smarter than a spreadsheet. A new study suggests good collectors don't out-think their instincts, they just build better…
Jun 5
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May 2026
Invisible Forces Shaping the Watch Market
Q1 seems stable, auctions are breaking records, and gold is flying. But what is going on beneath all that noise? What has the consensus not priced in?
May 28
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Why most of your watches are technically jewellery
If your Rolex had no movement, would it still be a Rolex? A reply to The Lost Spring Bar on dummy watches, jewellery, and what defines a watch.
May 24
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Watch Collecting in the Anti-Social Century
Why watch collecting might still be one of the few antidotes to isolation in the anti-social century. On Derek Thompson, Nick Epley, and the dead space.
May 22
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Royal Pop, Two Possibilities
Imagine you're in November 2027 and Royal Pop either saved or ruined Audemars Piguet. Two stories, plus some maths, trademark logic, and research.
May 14
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20 Lots from the Geneva Auctions, Spring 2026
Hong Kong just banked an all-time Asian watch auction record. Now Geneva's four houses bring their catalogues, and we review 20 interesting watches.
May 8
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AP's Royal Oak in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
AP appear to have done the cleanest possible deal - keep the silhouette but avoid the wrist. Hypothetically, a Royal Oak pocketwatch will protect the…
May 7
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Wrist Laundromats
From Hezbollah to Hushpuppi to 1MDB, luxury watches keep showing up in major money laundering cases. Let's talk about watches and moving dirty money…
May 1
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April 2026
Self deception and Survival Instincts
Robert Trivers argued we lie to ourselves so we can better lie to others. Applied to watch collecting, the idea is disturbing - but rather liberating…
Apr 22
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Oystersteel, Cerachrom, Everose… why Grand Feu?
The Daytona 126502 is beautiful and inventive - but technically it is not Grand Feu enamel. So why did Rolex, for once, borrow a word instead of…
Apr 16
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Saturation Problems
Your phone has been lighting up all week. By this weekend, most of those launches will be forgotten. A look at why launch strategies are broken for low…
Apr 15
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Cleguer's Innate Escapement Explained
A 35-year-old Breton watchmaker recently matched Rolex's most advanced escapement using 19th-century materials. Five years, 20 prototypes, one CHF…
Apr 10
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