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A Perspective In Time: Privately Held Independent Brands VS. Publicly Traded Brands In 2026

This short article quickly explores the thought process between privately held brands and publicly traded brands. Clothes washing machines. Generally a brand in USA called Speed Queen is very popular for their longevity and is very popular in the Americas
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By: patrick_y
14
patrick_y
917

A first encounter with Panerai

Because of their large size and military heritage , Panerai watches aren't something that would naturally appeal to me. But I've seen a lot of enthusiasm for them on this site, so I decided to go and see them in person . After being given a very interesti
1M
By: quattro
42
quattro
3596

Iconic Saturation Divers

I’m beginning to get the hang of the collection concept. I’ve always refused to line up the miniatures in a display case, to accumulate comics read only once in a bookshelf or worse, to bring back sand from each of my trips. And yet despite my desire for
1Y
By: Gargamel
10
nasseriq
5435

It's quite a long story but it started as a simple Vingt 8 illusion

When I met Kari I explained that I would actually like a PR on the watch as it's a manual wind. He then had a picture on the CAD of one he was designing for another client and I said that's what I want. It added another CHF 8000 to the bill. The guilloche
5Y
By: Cpt Scarlet
534
Subexplorer
105485

Either Practice or Effort

pmh6000, General statement: You become good at something with either practice or effort. So, brands like Rolex that make 700,000 chronometers a year get good at it. Or watchmakers that invest more time (sic) and effort in adjustments get the same results.
7Y
By: pmh6000
5
MTF
937

Not 100% true

Patek offers pin buckles for the most classic references (I don't want to use the word "entry level" which I don't think is a right word for a watch in this price and quality segment.) such as 5127, 5296, 5124, 5098, etc. One of very few exception is the
4Y
By: akitaishi
28
undershift
25811

Photo tour of London Patek Philippe ADs

The other day i went for a wander into central to hunt down my next piece and below are snaps of some of the pieces I tried on in my hunt. My Patek tour covers the main tourists areas here are the snaps... (in some of them you'll notice my hands are all m
13Y
By: Puffy
26
bulliondesk
12685

A Perpetual Nautilus with 240Q

would be Cool. It would put me to a very difficult position: 5140P or Nautilus. Anyhow, I do not believe that Patek would make one of their Grand Complications to the case of a sporting watch. What I have noticed is that the Annual Calendar Nautilus is so
14Y
By: tic-toc
6
patekben
1658

JLC Unique Auction Paris, 29th of November: The Results.

We will certainly come back to the results of this auction, but I cannot resist to share with you my first impressions. - First of all, I think we can say that it was a crazy night. A lot of people was attending the second session ( I couldn't be there fo
14Y
By: amanico
50
Ubik
24701

Superb watch (and my take on your remarks).

Hi, Congratulations on your 1000 posts and even more on your superb Patek Philippe. Have a look here, you're not the only vintage PP lover (as you in fact obviously): patek.watchprosite.com Why are there possibly more vintage watch lovers on the Omega for
14Y
By: mac_omega
15
mac_omega
4982