Green Rambles: I Don’t Understand It Either, And That’s Okay
As a scholar of watchmaking history and an enthusiast of vintage timepieces, it will not come as a surprise that I have a preference for smaller watches. I enjoy the fact that they often sit more comfortably on the wrist and are visually not that overpowering. This all makes sense, but for some reason, it all goes out the door when summer begins. In a complete contradiction, I then suddenly prefer watches like the Breitling Emergency and the Anonimo Militaire Chronograph indeed watches with quite a substantial diameter.
As I enjoy wearing polo shirts in the summer, a watch that can slip under the cuff is no longer a requirement. It further doesn’t make much sense as, for me, it is quite a shift from my usual style and preference. Quite fortunately, in collecting watches, making sense is not a requirement. There is no need to understand why it doesn’t make sense. These contradictions are more part of the fun, as they allow you to enjoy an even broader segment of the watch world.
Contradictions can also exist on different levels. For me, it is mostly about the size of the watch, but I can also think of a handful of collectors who are just as much into Patek Phillipe’s as they are into G-Shocks. While these watches represent different sides of the spectrum, combined they offer them the whole experience. Think of how smartwatches did not cause a second quartz crisis in the watch industry but instead they became all the more complimentary to tradi...
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