Horological Meandering

In 2006, I started writing my Basel tasting notes, but did not do so in 2011, and also in 2012, when I was ill and did not attend the Baselworld for the first time since more than ten years. This year, I want to renew this tradition, but for a change, I a...  

. . . Bravo. Fully agreed, Art

... smelling salts, to revive the visitor who has fainted from seeing one too many magnificent watches in a day :) ...  

And this is something I learned and I try to preserve these last years: I have to step away from all the "price issue" as it has become insane concerning many brands. I tried to remain focus on what I love and try to find what is the price I'm ready to pa... 

I can think of one prominent Geneva brand in particular that has become expert at reducing the level of handwork in its watches while simultaneously putting prices through the roof.... More power to them if their customers will swallow it; I'll pass.

I look forward to your reflections in due course Marcus, allways a pleasure to see you in Basel, albeit briefly this year. Cheers, Tim

.. I cannot help making bigger my expectation for your upcoming reports.... :-) Ken

and we could be sure to expect prices to continue to head North despite precious metal prices heading South. Yet, let's face it, we are all suckers. I wish there was some way for the watch buying public to knock prices back down to justifiable prices. Cou... 

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... (assuming your reply was to Marcus' parent thread post), anyone can discuss anything as long as it is with respect and courtesy to other members and industry in general. Nothing wrong with writing or expressing negative things about the industry, if y... 

Quote: "Quality and value can be found in all places, the game is dodging the constraining influences of the masses and finding the not so apparent gems. A true connoisseur will never let a marketing department define his impression of “value” and “qualit... 

Marcus, Since you started this mini-liturgy, I am moved to adhere to the Form of Service at Alcoholics Anonymous: "My name is MTF, and I am an addict..." I used to be rich and famous but now "live under a bridge", as you so aptly described, while the top ... 

how not to echo your feelings on the matter...even though we much rather concentrate on the "pure"aspect of it,we are forced behind closed door to deal anyway with the harsh reality of prices. Ultimately,we have a great power,that is the one to avoid to b... 

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That is completely right. There is a lot of quality in mass production ETA movements and non- manufacture pieces. If you check by the seconds that a mechanism may gain ir loose, Also there is no concensus because any mass production ebauche well sinchroni... 

Marcus raises an excellent point. Over the last seven years or so, my watch collecting activities have slowly shifted away from "higher-end" marques to the high-value marques given the steep price increases noted in Marcus' post. While this is somewhat di... 

Very well said, as a part of the industry, I could not agree more with you. Talking about Basel with my co-workers, friends and customers, those were some of my thoughts, I've seen many many nice watches from not BIG brands, that look great and are not pr...