The players here will be big boys. No status and flash.
I think also, because the numbers of GF is so low...imagine 4500 watches by Lange, with Patek maybe 20 x more..and GF at 100 per annum.
On top of that, the entry bar is at $500,000 approx.
And, like both Lange and Patek, these are heavy, serious makers...and unlike Patek, they are not catering for low entry players.
I think, although I am one of those poor people that Anton featured on his Facebook...I mean, I am NOT a rich guy...a product like GF, was willing to speak to me. Patek is not the same, I do not have money to be in the atek class. They do not entertain people who "save" for a Patek.
GF was totally good, when I told them in 2010 that I will need 3 to 5 years to start building a collection of 8 watches. Or worse, only 1.
I am very happy to report that GF is not upper lip.
They understand that not all collectors can spend money like this...and yet, they will speak to them.
The same goes for MBF and Vianney and Bulgari.
I am totally in this not for status, but for aspiration and to have something to show at the end of my day of work.