The Journal | Read our lifestyle journal on watches and watchmakers – Tagged "Collectors' Choice"

A Collector's Guide: The Datograph

By A Collected Man

We break down the smallest details of A. Lange & Söhne's legendary chronograph and discover variations not seen before...

December 2021 • 21 Min Read

Interview: John Pawson – Architect and Designer

By Josh Sims

To architect John Pawson, minimalism is not simply painting the walls white – it takes control and sophistication, a design pared down to the absolute minimum needed to carry out a specific function ...

November 2021 • 8 Min Read

Ikepod: Design and the Art of Time

By Tony Traina

From a disrupting, design-led brand to folding more than once, Ikepod’s story is about as colourful as the watches themselves…

October 2021 • 12 Min Read

Can We Compare Art and Watches?

By A Collected Man

While watches and art may seem completely different, Wes Lang and Todd Levin help us explore if these two worlds are as comparable as they seem...

October 2021 • 9 Min Read

The Rise of Neo-Vintage Watches

By A Collected Man

Long discarded by collectors, neo-vintage watches are now having their moment in the sun...

July 2021 • 19 Min Read

A Year In Watches: 2021

By Tony Traina

We sat down with nine collectors and watch enthusiasts and asked them what they thought the most exciting thing in watches was in 2021...

January 2022 • 10 Min Read

How Five Collectors Under-30 Approach Watches

By Randy Lai

We spoke with the younger generation about their collecting habits, philosophies and desires to see how they're evolving the hobby...

August 2021

Six Collectors Choose their Favourite Lugs

By A Collected Man

We ask six collectors to think about one of the often overlooked parts of a watch, the lug, and talk about an example that really captures their imagination...

July 2021 • 8 Min Read

Five Collectors on their Hardest Finds

By Randy Lai

The thrill of the hunt can often be the best part of collecting, we spoke with five collectors who know all too well about chasing down the perfect model...

June 2021 • 15 Min Read

Watchmakers Look Back on their First Watch

By Josh Sims

We ask some of the most talented watchmakers in the world about the watch that got them started...

April 2021 • 11 Min Read

Five Collectors Choose their Favourite Date Discs

By A Collected Man

Possibly one of the more controversial additions to a watch dial, we take a look at some collectors' favourites...

April 2021 • 10 Min Read

Five Watchmakers Pick Their Favourite Movement - Part II

By A Collected Man

We ask Philippe Dufour, Vianney Halter, Dominique Renaud, Gaël Petermann and Richard Habring about the calibres that have inspired them...

March 2021 • 10 Min Read

Ten must-have books for any horological library

By A Collected Man

We ask a select group of experts for the one watch book that they think everyone should read...

October 2020 • 16 Min Read

Buyers' Remorse Pt. II

By A Collected Man

We ask four collectors about the watch that slipped through their fingers at auction...

July 2020 • 7 Min Read

Five watchmakers pick their favourite movement

By A Collected Man

We asked five of the leading independent watchmakers to talk about their favourite movement that doesn't bear their name

June 2020 • 9 Min Read

Buyers' Remorse: four collectors, four auction lots they missed

By A Collected Man

Watch auctions are as exciting as they are nerve-wracking. They are the place where some of the most important watches get sold, fiercely contested between motivated collectors. Be it a last-minute telephone bidder o...

April 2020 • 6 Min Read

Perspectives: Collectors on Baselworld '18

By A Collected Man

As the dust settles after Baselworld 2018, we asked four collectors, SJX, Gary G, Chris Beccan and Michael Hickcox to give us their take...

March 2018 • 4 Min Read