Every collector has their quirks. I have many. More than most? I’ll let you decide. For one, I don’t like to call myself a collector. I typically consider myself a “user”, and refer to my accumulation of watches not as my collection but as “my set”. To explain why, and all the rest, I’ll take […]

When my alarm rang at 5 am on a Sunday morning, I wasn’t sure how to feel. I was excited, but also pretty anxious. What if, 4 hours later, no one showed up? What if the 56 watches on sale – even more were donated but we set aside some after technical inspection – would all be left with me when the event ended, at 4 pm? What would I tell the generous donors who trusted me with their timepieces? What would I tell Terre des hommes, the leading Swiss organization for children’s rights, for whom we were raising the funds?