The topic of the Omega Speedmaster has evolved a great deal over the past ten years or so, going from being something that collectors wouldn’t have considered acquiring, to being the hot, new, must-have piece. One duo, which have been long term believers in the Speedmaster, are the Davidoff brothers. Sacha and Roy have made it their mission, not only to buy as many rare versions as they can, but to broaden the knowledge pool, by hosting exhibitions and publishing books on the matter. We travelled to Geneva to dig around in their safe, to uncover that one Speedmaster that they would never sell. 

 

So tell us a little about where your interest in watches began?

It came from my brother Roy, who was a passionate watch nut, even through his teenage years. I’m seven years younger than him and I remember thinking when I was a kid, enough already with the annoying watches. After a while it began to win my interest and by the time I had been given my first watch for my 18th birthday, I was hooked.

 

What was the first watch?

It was a Rolex Oyster Date which Roy had bought for me, while working with vintage watches. After this, I had just finished college and had started working in the United States, and he was working with Bovet in Geneva. He was pushing me and pushing me to come work with him in watches there. I finally gave in, and then the passion flipped, because I became the most obsessed watch-nut you could imagine.

 

How did that flip happen?

Well, I was working at Bovet and I just became obsessed with learning as much as I possibly could about watchmaking, this was also driven by the fact that I had began building a personal collection; I wanted to properly understand what I was acquiring.

 

How did you find working with Bovet?

Bovet isn’t a brand that I personally connect with, but it helped me to understand what I do like. These Bovet pieces were all gold clunky tourbillons, so I gravitated towards stainless steel, black dial, vintage chronographs