Your archetype
The Collector
You care how things are made, not how they are marketed.
You read the spec sheet before you read the review. Watches, pens, cameras, knives: you are drawn to objects with a mechanism inside and a maker behind them. You buy slowly, keep forever and can explain the difference between finished and decorated. Your weakness is the third watch you did not need.
Your ritual: Wind the watch on the same morning each week and note how many seconds it gained.
- The suit
- A navy hopsack blazer with grey trousers, so the watch gets the attention
- The watch
- A Grand Seiko Spring Drive or a Nomos with an in-house calibre
- The drink
- A Highland single malt with two drops of water
- The car
- A Porsche 911 with a manual gearbox, kept for twenty years
- The scent
- One classic, worn for a decade
Your signature
Your reading list
The Collector: your reading list
Watches · Buying
Your First Serious Watch
Under €5,000, mechanical, steel, and made by a company that will still service it in 2056. Six candidates, one method, and the mistakes to avoid.
Watches · Movements
Why a Mechanical Watch Is Worth the Trouble
It is less accurate, more expensive and needs a service every six years. It is also the reason the watch will outlive you. The case for the spring.
Watches · Collecting
How to Build a Three-Watch Collection
One for the suit, one for the sea, one for the story. Three watches that cover every day of a life, and how to get there without buying twelve.
Living · Sound
A Hi-Fi System You Will Keep for Decades
An integrated amplifier, two speakers on stands, a streamer or a turntable and the right positions in the room. Real music in a real room, for the price of a good watch.
