MoT's WDF

Two articles from Bloomberg Businessweek:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... #xj4y7vzkg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newslett ... -dies-down

The Crypto Collapse Has Flooded the Market With Rolex and Patek


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... -and-patek

The Latest on the MoonSwatch

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/10/fash ... omega.html

In the wake of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, there have been many news articles about different aspects of her life and reign. In an article about her consort, Prince Philip, we learn about his timepieces:

Unlike other members of the royal family whose tastes run to costly baubles and fine Swiss timepieces, Prince Philip habitually wore “a plain watch with a brown leather strap,” as the Independent once reported . . .

NY Times

Alain Robert aka the French Spiderman celebrated his 60th birthday by free climbing a skyscraper.

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/frenc ... 022-09-17/

Looks like he's sponsored by Zeppelin.

From New York magazine:

About real expensive watches & their resale market . . .

https://www.thecut.com/2022/09/rolex-de ... 1626542127

Luxury watches

From the NY Times:

A Messy Marital Split Tarnishes an Italian Soccer Legend
Francesco Totti’s wife is hiding his Rolexes.

Big move by Rolex in the pre-owned watches universe.


https://finance.yahoo.com/news/is-rolex ... 40019.html

Amir Khan describes armed theft of £70k watch* as ‘very, very scary’
Former world boxing champ’s wife screamed and cried as gunman pointed firearm in Khan’s face

(The Guardian)

*rose gold Franck Muller watch
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From now on, I'm leaving my $70 watch home.

This Patek Philippe is most expensive watch ever sold at online auction


At Christie’s “Top of the Time” online auction based out of the auction house’s Hong Kong branch, a Patek Philippe ‘Sky Moon Tourbillon’ sold for $5.8 million (HK $45.4 million) to an anonymous buyer.

The Patek Philippe timepiece set a new record for an online auction, using a new avenue for the pre-owned watch industry that’s gaining more and more traction.
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OK. Fess up. Which of you guys bought it?


https://finance.yahoo.com/news/this-pat ... 24089.html

NY Times article on the shortage of watchmakers.

The article is focussed mainly on Switzerland. It devotes exactly one sentence to Asia!

Excerpt:

The watchmaking world is facing an unprecedented problem: a severe lack of watchmakers who can build and repair timepieces as well as technicians, engineers and other skilled workers. That has contributed to such severe supply problems that they could stall growth, especially at top-end brands.

“There is a true shortage of manpower,” Aurélie Streit, vice president of the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie, said during a recent video interview from the organization’s Geneva headquarters. “Not only watchmakers, but also specialists in the 15 other watchmaking jobs, from precision mechanics to engineers, finishers, polishers, research and development, and more.”


https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/26/fash ... rland.html

FROM THE NEW YORKER:

Tucker Carlson’s last hour as a Fox News host—“last” as in most recent, and also, we now know, as in final—ended with him sitting at a shiny white desk, a green-screened image of the Capitol behind him, eating a soggy, sad-looking slice of sausage-and-pineapple pizza. “It is a disgusting order,” he admitted. “But I have no shame.” He wore a Rolex . . .

The Sultan of SoWhat wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 6:10 pm “But I have no shame.” He wore a Rolex . . .

That part is true…..

Rolex dealer: Lean times may be ahead for luxury watch retailers

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rolex-de ... 56324.html