Horological Meandering

The following is an email written by a friend of mine whom I respect very much, Bryan Goh. He is an old timer in watch collecting and the various internet watch fora. I agree with what he writes, and believe forum members will benefit from reading it. I h... 

he is certainly a wise man based on his statement. It appears that this is probably the right time for the buyers to think twice before he/she makes any decision to buy. This obviously does not apply to super rich. Here in Malaysia, I have already come ac... 

I buy mine for the joy of wearing them. But then, I am just a watch lover...

I tend to agree with him when he speaks about the lack of inspiration of certain brands , like Rolex ( but I still have to see the Deep Sea in the flesh before saying if I love or not this watch ), or Panerai... But I disagree when he says than Panerai is... 

Dear Nicolas it feels like you would be the first to disagree with Panerai Fascists statement and I'm waiting for Asi and some others response :0) OK terrorists is harsh but they were fascists nevertheless (frogmen not Paneristi LOL) and I completely disa... 

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but this applies to equities and properties ........not to watches and rolexes . Watches really shd not be viewed as investments . Cant imagine someone craving for a rolex for his daily pleasure and have to wait until time of distress where people starts ... 

Obviously not a Panerai fan Mr. Goh? You say you "struggle to understand the logic of Panerai" my God man, it's just a big watch, where's the struggle exactly. But casting a misguided salvo at the firm, which is quite decent in macro terms, with your "cel... 

And agree with you. There are some words to avoid , IMHO. Best, my friend! LOL

just that people sometimes get carried away metaphorically speaking. peace Kev

As to the "diatribe" -- The obvious difference between Panerai and BMW/Mercedes/Porsche is that those three brands don't play up their military provenance. I don't see a lot of commercials extolling Mercedes for the valuable role it played to the Third Re... 

was one of the most sophisticated and advanced cars of its time. But Mercedes-Benz doesn't mention it much because amongst its owners were Adolf Hitler, Emperor Hirohito and Kaiser Wilhelm. - SJX

I think there are essentially 2 different issues here. Issue one is why is Rolex upsizing its watches, especially in this regard, the DeepSea. Issue 2 is whether economic conditions are getting bad enough that luxury watch pricing has become out of relati... 

with your points, categorized into the two broad subjects. US in recession - most likely true, but so what? US markets have until recently been mostly a "potential market" vis a vis population, per capita disposable income, untapped "market potential" etc...