Watch collecting doesn’t exactly make a whole lotta sense – most of the time. What we can be sure of as watch collectors is that watch collecting, at the very least, elicits happiness in some way. Why is that?
This week, Kaz and Mike run through several aspects of watch collecting that simply spark joy. You’ll also hear about a cool new Seiko clone on the market and Kaz’s journey to getting his old Omega serviced. Enjoy!
Show Notes
Vintage Omega Seamaster: https://www.instagram.com/p/B7L8TY-nNdf/
Seiko SBDY015: https://www.instagram.com/p/CCWjNu8nzLU/
Klein Vintage Watch: https://www.kleinvintagewatchrepair.com/
Rdunae Vintage Turtle 6105-8000: https://wrwatches.com/collections/rdunae-retangula/products/rdunae-turtle-6105-8000?variant=31355244216429
Uncle Seiko GL831: https://www.uncleseiko.com/store/p148/gl831.html
Watchesoff: https://www.instagram.com/watchesoff/
MyScurfaStory: https://www.instagram.com/myscurfastory/
Orion Calamity: https://orionwatch.com/calamity
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Kaz has been collecting watches since 2015, but he’s been fascinated by product design, the Collector’s psychology, and brand marketing his whole life. While sharing the same strong fondness for all things horologically-affordable as Mike (his TBWS partner in crime), Kaz’s collection niche is also focused on vintage Soviet watches as well as watches that feature a unique, but well-designed quirk or visual hook.
Can we get a link for the Instagram user with the MilSub and other absurdly rare watches? Asking for a friend…
Ah here you go! https://www.instagram.com/simoncsfeir/
I stick mostly with pocket watches and pre 1960s wrist watches and was drawn in, and stay in for one reason: when you service one and get caught up looking at this or that part, you inevitably remember the fact that the function of the manual watch is absolutely insane. It literally shouldn’t work. It’s the one time in history that something designed by committee came out perfect.
And that committee was comprised of countless thousands of people working over several thousand years all over the globe.
The pocket and wristwatches made just before WWII are the most advanced, high precision devices ever made by life – in the entire universe, as far as we know – without the assistance of a computer. When wearing a watch from that time period you know for certain that you have on your wrist or in your pocket a completely unparalleled achievement.
And that’s pretty cool.
Brian A. that is a pretty cool observation, I never thought of it that way.