Independents

Not necessarily MSRP, but general grey market prices as well. Lang and Heyne comes to mind for me. ...  

Laine comes to mind, which is well under $10k

the next one will be around 30K, still acceptable but the first was almost for free

Kikuchi Nakagawa, Naoyo Hida, Moritz Grossmann, Kudoke (terribly good value for money), Urban Jurgensen, Lang & Heyne of course. The Murakamo by Kikuchi Nakagawa The 1B by Naoyo Hida The Benu 37 by Moritz Grossmann The finishing of the Benu is among t...  

Staring at Nakagawa's posts on IG of the hands he makes is a serious personal source of pleasure ...  

'Could be'!!

Thank you. I absolutely love the Grossmann movements and their hands are exquisite. I just can’t get use to their logo.

Although that might push you over 30k.

For you to say that means a lot as you are the King of Independents!

It's in roughly that price range, as well.

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But I don´t think you will find a new PC under USD 30K? Best Thomas

They don't hold their value as I have learnt from personal experience. I could have bought 4 rolex kermits instead back in 2012. Where 1 now would be worth more than the moser.

I don´t dare to look there... Best Thomas

and would recommend based on the trusted checkout. C24 hold the money if you get a dodgy watch, which i did once, fell for too good too be true. The money is returned to you. Mind you my 2 best friends are horologists, so they check all my buys. Maybe too... 

Here are some watches that are around that price that are indies and have amazing finishes!! Forgive the spelling, also, some of the names are their Instagram profiles because they do not have a lot of information online. There are so many Instagram Brand...  

A lot of interesting pieces I didn't know of!

That’s a fantastic list. Many that I never heard of.

Qin Gan. I had read about him in the past. Beautiful work. I have no idea how to get a hold of him though.

The Kalpa Hebdomadaire from Parmigiani ...  

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Is it your´s? Lang & Heyne is definitely on my wishlist. I am just afraid what will happen now after Marco Lang has left the company and also how the crisis will influence smaller watch companies? But I think, a "standard" three-hand watch can be serviced... 

It was for sale at a Munich watch store a few months back and posted on chrono24. I still regret not buying it. It sold quickly. I’m not too worried about Marco Lang leaving the company. Maybe it will affect future value, who knows. The watch that I poste... 

This is very crudely photoshopped, but I've been thinking that the pink dial on the new Pascal Coyon series would look great with Mr. Shapiro's infinity guilloche. ...  

- I have both a Coyon AND a JN Shapiro! Pascal’s finishing is fantastic and Shapiro dials are incredible. I received Joshua Shapiro’s Watch last week. Mesmerising!!! I’m just preparing a review of the Shapiro which I will share soon, but here are some pic...  

Congratulations on that Shapiro!