Horological Meandering

Seven Friday, with its "lowly" Miyota (Citizen) mechanical movement is generally dismissed by "serious watch enthusiasts" while "cult" watches like MBandF's "flights of fantasy" are so coveted, even revered? Photo by Foversta To what extent does price - t...  

Conversely, inexpensive watches might not grab our immediate attention. But sites like this and Hodinkee et al. can educate about the virtues of the less expensive. As for Richard Mille: I don't get it and I've never gotten it. If, in fact, that company e... 

How often do we hear the old adage, 'you get what you pay for" (not always) How often do we hear the sincere but naive question, "How much is that" before the questioner even begins to fathom the other aspects of what makes tthis field so interesting to l... 

I think MB&F are given praise by serious watch enthusiasts because the watches have movements designed by the best of the best watchmakers in the world and they use the best materials and finish their watches on the level of the highest end brands. As to ... 

is a master of marketing. They don't make their own movements, frankly you can basically say they are just a watch case maker. RM makes around 4000 watches a year and yet they have over 20 boutiques world wide, not to mention all that marketing efforts. S... 

RM is for the minority who drives Lambo to show off another expensive thing they can afford in life

I know lots of Lambo drivers who wear MBandF... :-) But seriously, yes, there are lots of "show offs" who own Lambos and RM ("The Billionaires Bracelet") but that doesn't, shouldn't take away from the legitimacy of RM as a cool cutting edge horological wo... 

Sorry to correct you, but your statement is wrong. According to the official Swiss statistics, only Asia as a whole, including the strong Middle East, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, etc.) accounts for 52% of the export value. (Jan.-May 2015) C... 

Dear Marcus, The DOMESTIC Chinese market is a highly complex one - not the endless land of milk and honey panacea so many thought over the past 10 years, but also not the moribund one that now is so (wrongly) seen by the lemmings, either. But too often th... 

....and buy by the dozens. domestic sales in China attract huge punitive luxury trade, so there is a thriving grey market from Berkins to RMs. other markets like Australia, from anecdotal evidence from Richemont and Singapore ADs with Aussie presence, the... 

It couuld be argued that ALL commercially available luxury goods are "overpriced" - how else would the owners afford their new cars, castles, or even new factories? But of course I don't think any of us would begrudge them their "rewards" of hard work and... 

Price is absolutely part of the 'coveting psychology' when it comes to watches. At least I think the (sub-conscience) thought is: Higher price, higher exclusivity. Of course if you get more into watches and understand more about the quality of finishing a... 

I can't fathom it, but here it is -- perhaps the dealer is trying to get a "highest price" ranking or something? Both watchmaker and dealer are fiends (oops) I mean friends of the PuristS Cazalea ...