Finally, the independent era that we are witnessing in these recent years gives us so many choices to evaluate the work of truly highly skilled and talented watchmakers. Not only the "usual suspects" like Roth, Journe, Dufour, Charles Frodsham but young names like Theo Auffret, Simon Brette and many more besides.” I really think that important watchmakers and great minds such as Parmigiani, Calabrese, Daniel Roth and Jean-Claude Biver played such an important role in the rebirth of the watch industry. There is no better reaction than a speechless face when in front of an incredible, well-preserved watch! With neo-vintage, a very important aspect to understand is the context of the 90’s, the fashion of that period and the renaissance of the mechanical watches after the quartz era. Quality still plays the most important role in any vintage watch collection. Having discovered some incredible watches and collected dozens more besides, how does he approach building a collection? “When it comes to vintage watches I would certainly say it’s all about the condition. But how does one go about making inroads into creating an enviable collection and what makes it enviable to the outside world? I guess that if the collector is happy then it’s an enviable collection. Whether a spread of interesting Swatches, a catalog of unique Patek complications or a treasure trove of issued Rolex Submariners, every collection has its audience that will see it as the ultimate collection and aspire to such a great curation of watches. With collecting it’s possible to apply the same logic and understand that an assemblage of watches within a singular collection is entirely the prerogative of the curator. Much like the concept of questioning if art or music is ‘good’, it's entirely subjective if the author or composer likes it and is happy with it, then it is ‘good’. Every collector has a different approach, and each collection is shaped by one mind that can be motivated by a multitude of factors, and that’s what makes collecting so much fun. In fact, I think it’s probably fair to say that each and every one is probably unique. Collections come in all shapes and sizes.
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