Each Watch Tells a Story - An Interview with a Collector
Each Watch Tells a Story Part I By Su JiaXian © February 2008 Rarely does one come across a watch collection as remarkable as the one that follows. Ranging from a Patek Philippe Grande Sonnerie pocket watch to a Citizen Eco-Drive “grande complication”, th...
Each Watch Tells a Story (Part II)
Each Watch Tells a Story Part II By Su JiaXian © February 2008 Patek Philippe Ref. 3979 Minute Repeater SJX : I hear trying to buy Pateks can sometimes be difficult… ANON : Getting Patek to let you listen to watches is even more difficult than… I’ll tell ...
Fantastic post, SJX
A lot of us will recognize themself, not reffering to the watches owned by this great Collector, but for the thoughts... A story behind each watch, soem experiences with Patek, etc... I also love when this Collector says that watches are made to be worn.....
It's disturbing...
when a company's products are readily available from third parties but not from the company itself....even more disturbing that someone with a wristwatch repeater and a couple of museum-quality pocket watches was only deemed worthy to buy an Annual Calend...
superb interview, but its a shame Anon feels the need to keep his identity
hidden to such a degree as he obviously has his watches and other collectables well secured. he may of course be a member with secret identity. very few members actually know anything about the others or where they live. he's probably more at risk when we...
In fairness to PP, my own Geneva Boutique experience was very different
...to Anon's. Firstly, thanks SJX for the brilliant interview, and thanks especially to Anon for allowing us this marvellous tour of his collection and the candid insights into his collecting philosophy. I'm sorry that Anon's experience at the Geneva Bout...
Very cool report JX!!
This gentleman definitely has some eclectic yet refined taste! Thanks for sharing it with us! Jon
SJX great job!!Well done!
Hi SJX, Thanks for bringing us the "real life experince"of a collector. Its enjoying reading through the interview and admiring all his life time experince which he came through,its simply fantastic. BHK9
I like this...
a very refreshing change - interviewing a collector. Thanks for this SJX! An excellent interview ! Cheers
Fine interview. Is it possible to ask how the Citizen watch..
sounds compared to the mechanical repeaters?
I forgot to ask if the Campanolas or the Shellman minute repeater..
sound more realistic than that Citizen?
They sound the same
from what I recall. I have heard them individually, not side by side, but they all have a distinctly digital sound. - SJX