Back in the old days, before the emergence of Facebook and Instagram, participants in the watch discussion forums would often post “Year in Review” messages. Key topics might include matters such as watches that arrived or departed during the year, changes in collecting objectives, meetings with other collectors, and news in research and writing. I’m not sure when I posted my last one,

This posting first appeared in Issue Number 3 of AboutTime magazine (August / September 2013).  Six years later, we believe that the process of selecting the perfect watch remains fundamentally the same.  Accordingly, we are republishing this posting here, with substantially the same content as in the original publication. 

One of the burdens of being known as a “watch guy” is that friends and family members regularly ask me for recommendations when they are buying new watches.

On December 10, 2019, Phillips will sell two watches previously owned by Colonel John Glenn, in its “Game Changers” auction.  The sale of these two watches has generated considerable interest in the watches owned by Glenn.  Here are Phillips catalog entries for the two watches being sold in the Game Changers auction — LeCoultre “Lucky 13”