Great interview Jia Xian, thanks!

Feb 18, 2008,18:05 PM
 

It's nice to hear that the collector wears his timepieces instead of keeping them sealed in plastic bags.  smile

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Each Watch Tells a Story - An Interview with a Collector

 
 By: SJX : February 16th, 2008-08:29
Each Watch Tells a Story Part I By Su JiaXian © February 2008 Rarely does one come across a watch collection as remarkable as the one that follows. Ranging from a Patek Philippe Grande Sonnerie pocket watch to a Citizen Eco-Drive “grande complication”, th...  

Each Watch Tells a Story (Part II)

 
 By: SJX : February 14th, 2008-06:29
Each Watch Tells a Story Part II By Su JiaXian © February 2008 Patek Philippe Ref. 3979 Minute Repeater SJX : I hear trying to buy Pateks can sometimes be difficult… ANON : Getting Patek to let you listen to watches is even more difficult than… I’ll tell ...  

Fantastic post, SJX

 
 By: amanico : February 16th, 2008-08:36
A lot of us will recognize themself, not reffering to the watches owned by this great Collector, but for the thoughts... A story behind each watch, soem experiences with Patek, etc... I also love when this Collector says that watches are made to be worn..... 

Fantastiq'e

 
 By: MilDiver : February 16th, 2008-09:19

It's disturbing...

 
 By: Moses. : February 16th, 2008-09:27
when a company's products are readily available from third parties but not from the company itself....even more disturbing that someone with a wristwatch repeater and a couple of museum-quality pocket watches was only deemed worthy to buy an Annual Calend... 

superb interview, but its a shame Anon feels the need to keep his identity

 
 By: G99 : February 16th, 2008-11:04
hidden to such a degree as he obviously has his watches and other collectables well secured. he may of course be a member with secret identity. very few members actually know anything about the others or where they live. he's probably more at risk when we... 

I find....

 
 By: Moses. : February 16th, 2008-13:38

How true. LOL!

 
 By: 中野れい : February 16th, 2008-20:04

Marvelous report SJX...

 
 By: Rob : February 16th, 2008-14:24

Thank You !!!!

 
 By: ley s. : February 16th, 2008-18:05

In fairness to PP, my own Geneva Boutique experience was very different

 
 By: tony p : February 17th, 2008-02:38
...to Anon's. Firstly, thanks SJX for the brilliant interview, and thanks especially to Anon for allowing us this marvellous tour of his collection and the candid insights into his collecting philosophy. I'm sorry that Anon's experience at the Geneva Bout...  

Stunning (nt) [nt]

 
 By: Moses. : February 17th, 2008-04:09

er...you got lucky

 
 By: MTF : February 17th, 2008-20:08

Great post!

 
 By: kglaw : February 17th, 2008-07:06

Great post

 
 By: Krieng : February 18th, 2008-01:54

To Mr Anon

 
 By: MTF : February 18th, 2008-06:42

Wonderful, thank you!

 
 By: canonken : February 20th, 2008-21:16

Very cool report JX!!

 
 By: Z3 : February 16th, 2008-15:10
This gentleman definitely has some eclectic yet refined taste! Thanks for sharing it with us! Jon

SJX great job!!Well done!

 
 By: BHK9 : February 16th, 2008-19:07
Hi SJX, Thanks for bringing us the "real life experince"of a collector. Its enjoying reading through the interview and admiring all his life time experince which he came through,its simply fantastic. BHK9

Very informative piece...

 
 By: Massi : February 16th, 2008-21:10

I like this...

 
 By: edheng : February 17th, 2008-01:06
a very refreshing change - interviewing a collector. Thanks for this SJX! An excellent interview ! Cheers

Fine interview. Is it possible to ask how the Citizen watch..

 
 By: Ronald Held : February 17th, 2008-13:29
sounds compared to the mechanical repeaters?

It is very clear but... ...

 
 By: zephyr49 : February 17th, 2008-19:28

Are there any quartz repeaters that sound closer to a..

 
 By: Ronald Held : February 18th, 2008-07:26
mechanical repeater?

I forgot to ask if the Campanolas or the Shellman minute repeater..

 
 By: Ronald Held : February 18th, 2008-10:15
sound more realistic than that Citizen?

They sound the same

 
 By: SJX : February 18th, 2008-18:38
from what I recall. I have heard them individually, not side by side, but they all have a distinctly digital sound. - SJX

Thanks for the comparisons. (nt)

 
 By: Ronald Held : February 19th, 2008-07:39

thanks jx...

 
 By: teckmeng : February 17th, 2008-23:44

Thanks Anon and SJX!

 
 By: J_Warden : February 18th, 2008-06:32