In our ongoing series, My Favorite Watch, WatchTime speaks to interesting personalities in the watch industry. The interviews revolve around the subject?s favorite watch model, their experience in the industry, and other topics. Today we speak with Bernard Werk, owner of the Netherlands-based enthusiast magazine, Watching.
Bernard Werk, Owner of Watching Magazine
What’s your favorite watch"
A few years ago I would have said that a wristwatch with an in-house movement with a perpetual calendar function is my favorite, but not today. But my choice now is a 1980 golden Omega Constellation with golden bracelet.
Why that one"
The reason why is a very personal one. My mother gave this watch to my dad in 1980 and he wore it ever since. When my father was very ill he gave it to me. For his funeral [in 2017], he wanted me to wear his watch. When my father first gave me this watch, he asked me if I was wearing my Omega Speedmaster Professional, because he loved the design and wanted to have a look at it. He loved the fact that I wore a watch that had to be manually wound, but he preferred his quartz watch because it was always on time. I didn?t want to argue with him but told him that, for me, a mechanical watch is extra special ? because of all the beautifully made tiny parts that all communicate in order to show the right time, date, month, et cetera ?  and reminded him that the Girard-Perregaux he bought in the year I was born was a mechanical one. What is the mo...