Collecting
Buying your first luxury watch
A practical sequence that avoids the expensive mistakes.
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Chrono24 Watches Journal
The Chrono24 Watches Journal — buying guides, reference deep-dives and market notes
Practical writing about the watches we handle — reference guides, movement explainers, condition and authentication notes, and what the secondary market is actually doing.
Featured
Selling a watch: how to get a fair number
What actually raises an offer, and what does not.
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Collecting
Full set, papers and provenance
What documentation is really worth on the secondary market.
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Collecting
Insuring and storing a watch collection
Practical risk management for anything worth more than a holiday.
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Collecting
Watch sizing: the numbers that predict fit
Diameter is the least useful measurement on the spec sheet.
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Collecting
What a watch service actually costs
Realistic numbers and what you get for them.
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Collecting
How to spot a fake luxury watch
The tells that actually matter, in the order a professional checks them.
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Watch Guides
Skeleton and tourbillon Watches Explained — How They Work and What to Look For
Openworked watches make the mechanism the dial.
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Watch Guides
Complicated Watches Explained — How They Work and What to Look For
A complication is any function beyond hours, minutes and seconds.
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Watch Guides
Pilot Watches Explained — How They Work and What to Look For
Pilot watches solve a legibility problem under bad conditions.
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Watch Guides
Dress Watches Explained — How They Work and What to Look For
A dress watch is disciplined by what it leaves out.
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