What makes an expensive watch" Stephen Forsey sheds some light on the world of six-figure watchmaking
We sat down with the Greubel Forsey co-founder to better understand just how a watch can justify a price tag that stretches into the hundreds of thousands and beyond
By Chris Hall
Earlier this month (September 12th to be exact), we attended the Horology Forum at Christie’s auction house, which saw Dubai Watch Week bring a little of what it does so well to London for a couple of days. (The main event itself isn’t taking place this year, taking a year off like a kind of horological Glastonbury before returning in 2019). The two-day agenda was filled with talks and panel discussions featuring a cross-section of the watch world’s most interesting characters, from CEOs and watchmakers to journalists.
In the very last talk of the second day, titled “The British Roast”, the audience was invited to put any questions we liked to four representatives – of sorts – of the British watch industry. On the panel were Rebecca Struthers, Roger Smith, Richard Stenning and Stephen Forsey. After some lively back-and-forth between the panel and the audience (mostly journalists, eager to probe a bit further than the industry usually allows, and emboldened by the format), the question came: “What one thing about the watch industry really drives you mad"” The answers were illuminating, revolving mostly around dubious marketing and simplistic journalism (Roger Smith’s words on Arnold & Son and Richard Stenning’s t...
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