Why Are Watches So Expensive?
I get asked this question a lot so I figured I would simply layout a number of the reasons why watches are expensive in an article. There is a threshold issues though - and that is between "expensive" and "overpriced." Those two items are not mutually exclusive, and are different.Expensive just means that something costs a lot, but there is good reason for the price. Overpriced means that something simply has a cost that is vastly in excess of the materials cost + marketing costs + development costs + manufacturing cost + distribution costs + fair profit. Expensive watches and overpriced watches are very common. And unfortunately overpriced ones are too common. At the same time, you need to ask yourself, "if a brand asks a certain overpriced amount for a watch, but is still able to sell them, can you still regard the watch as being overpriced?" The answer is yes, but you still want the watch, don't you?I will now go ahead and list many (but not all) of the reasons that watches are so e

Type Casting: Comparing The Breguet Type XX And Type XXI Chronographs
The Type XX and Type XXI chronographs don’t seem to get quite as much attention as you would think they’d get, at least in the USA, where the world of pilot’s chronographs skews much more heavily towards companies like IWC, Omega, and Breitling. Maybe part of the reason for that is that when you think of tool watches, you might think of an awful lot of companies but Breguet just isn’t one of them – tourbillons, certainly, and a history of making aesthetically irreproachable, often complicated, and very elegant watches from the end of the 18th century right down until the present day, but not tool watches as such. And yet, aviation is perhaps just as important a part of the Breguet family’s history as watchmaking, with the Type XX and XXI chronographs representing one of the most important aspects of the inventiveness that characterized Abraham Louis Breguet and his descendants. 1 OF 15 Breguet Type XX "Aeronavale" 2 OF 15

My Omega SMP
Love this watch, it's my beater, fresh water, salt water, bird hunting, on the motorcycle, whatever Omegawrist.jpeg.jpegOmegaprop.jpegOmegacrown.jpegCloseupface.jpegcloseup.jpegclaspnback.jpeg

what to look for when buying used PP "complicated "
I ask because I am buying a lightly used, somewhat complicated 5170. I have seen pictures of the watch and paperwork and all looks good. I am doing the transaction face to face in the seller's office. (Out of State for me but I happen to be there next week).I have no reason to be believe that their should be a problem (seller is more than happy for me to come to his office) but is there something I should look for?

Tudor GMT Pepsi
I just put my name in at the AD for the new Tudor. I love the watch, the movement, and at less than half of the new Rolex SS GMT it's IMO a better purchase. Sent from my MHA-L29 using Tapatalk