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Best Watch Brands: Watch Snob There are plenty of brands that most people consider "high-end" that, while I respect, simply aren't superlative in any way: IWC, Vacheron, Piaget, and Zenith all make nice watches, but they are meaningless. |
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Designer Watches: Watch Snob The Watch Snob's take on collaborations between watchmakers and fashion labels. |
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Gevril Watches: Watch Snob I have a friend who misses no opportunity to rave about his Gevril Avenue of Americas watch. Does this watch hold any real horological significance? |
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Glashutte Original: Watch Snob This week we received an inordinate number of questions related to the other German brand, Glashutte Original. It may not be A. Lange & Sohne, but it's worth looking into. |
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Watch Snob: Do Real Men Wear Louis Vuitton Watches? Two of the most ubiquitous men's watches on the market... Two prestigious luxury brands that mean nothing in the watchmaking world... |
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Moon Phase Watches: Watch Snob I've said it before and I'll say it again: Maurice Lacroix makes fantastic watches. If you want an interesting moon phase, you'll do well here. |
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Steel Watches: Watch Snob Every great watch ever made has been done in steel; it is both durable and handsome. |
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Swiss Army Watches: Watch Snob Despite what one may think, Victorinox Swiss Army really does make a decent product. |
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Watch Snob: On The Deepsea & "Novelty" Watches Is the new Rolex Deepsea worth the investment?... Is a Hublot Big Bang worth the money?... etc. |
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Watch Snob: Watch Heritage & The Truth Get wise, people. Don't hate on me for speaking the truth about watch heritage, or anything else for that matter. If you can't handle it, stick with a real brand, like A. Lange & Sohne. |
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Rubber Strap Watches: Watch Snob Nobody does rubber better than Audemars Piguet. |
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Dive Watches: Watch Snob Working on a tight budget? Consider buying a vintage watch. "Even divers aren't wearing dive watches anymore..." |
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Men's Vintage Watches Starting a watch collection with vintage watches... Complications in a modern watch... Finding a Swiss-made timepiece with some history that is good value... |
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A Watch That Matters: Watch Snob If you want something of the high-end haute horology realm, travel to Geneva. All the greats are located there. |
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Gold-Tone Watches Never let a woman make wrong horological decisions for you. |
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Independent Watches Most of you may not know this, but over 30 of the biggest watch brands in the world are all owned by three large conglomerates. Take a look at five truly independent watch brands. |
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Mono-Brand Collections: Watch Snob There is a particular gene present in some men -- often those men who define daring as pairing a patterned shirt with a striped tie -- that causes them to go bonkers over one brand and one brand alone. |
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Watch Snob: Is The Breguet Classique Truly Legitimate? It's certainly one of the most intellectually interesting watches in the last ten years. |
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Watch Snob: Does Your Watch Look Fake? Great features on interesting watches to buy, both old and new, expensive and cheap. |
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Watch Snob: The True Value Of Bell & Ross Bell & Ross watches are good-looking, and many people like them. However, they do something that is almost inexcusable in the eyes of the Watch Snob. |
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Rolex Watches Most of the people who write to me know nothing beyond the name on the dial. A complication to these people is the decision whether gold or platinum will make them look more impressive. |
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CFO Watches: Watch Snob Owning a minute repeater is like dating Jennifer Aniston; it may impress a few friends, but day to day it's outdated and more trouble than it's worth. |
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Executive Watches Men, and particularly those at the executive level, are competitive creatures. Therefore, they would no doubt resent being given the same timepiece gift as their fellow Type-A golf buddies. |
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Blancpain Watches Finding a classic good-looking watch that can take a beating... In-house versus ETA movements... Montblanc makes the works for Rolex... |
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Watch Snob: Watches That Impress The Boss This column answers questions such as how to select an expensive fashionable watch for a man's birthday. |
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Xetum Watches After disregarding emails about the Xetum brand, the Watch Snob finally gives his opinion. |
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Engagement Watch Value: Watch Snob The first Snob law is that you simply cannot get any decent watch (and by decent I mean not completely emasculating and embarrassing to wear) for under $5,000. |
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Watch Snob: What's Happening To Omega? What's happening to Omega is what I like to call the Freshman 15 syndrome. |
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Thin Watches: Watch Snob The Watch Snob answers questions about Jaegar LeCoultre Master Grande Ultra Thin and Breitling watches. |
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Cartier Watches The Calibre de Cartier is the only Cartier watch that gets true horological props from the Snob. |
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Watch Snob: Ceramic Watches AskMen will still be bringing you great features on interesting watches to buy, both old and new, expensive and cheap. |
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Swiss Watches The world would be a far better place if it was run by men with an appreciation for fine timepieces, with the possible exception of Sarkozy -- but, then, he's French. |
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Breguet Watches There are two brands that are part of the Swatch conglomerate that are worthy of more than a passing glance: Glashutte Original and Breguet. |
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Watch Snob: Ebel Watches All the opinions expressed by the Watch Snob are my own, and are just that -- opinions. Don't worry, though, we will still be bringing you great features on interesting watches to buy, both old and new. |
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Who Is The Watch Snob? I am confident in my knowledge of timepieces, and if you come into my world and ask for my advice, expect to hear the unvarnished truth. |
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Watch Snob: Are Watches Just Status Symbols? You may think you know watches, but let's be real -- you just don't. |
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Chinese Watches Is buying a TAG Aquaracer value for money? A look at Rolex Submariner's value retention and style... Does a watch need to be from Switzerland to be luxurious?... |
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Watch Value There is no appreciable difference between a $1,500 watch and $500 one. |
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The Watch Snob Weighs In On Collecting Vintage Rolexes There are indeed very good independent watch and clock-makers but they are generally extremely expensive to patronize and are largely disinterested in being brands. |
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Luxury Watches - Expedition Sports: Watch Snob I understand your concerns and welcome your question about luxury watches in the expedition sports category -- you have now provided me the chance to offer a definitive list of sport watches that are Watch Snob approved. |
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All-Purpose Watches: Watch Snob Though IWC doesn't fare well with the Snob, he is a fan of the IWC Portuguese. "There are really only four watches that can do it all, and half of those four happen to be made by Rolex." |
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Watch Snob: Stop Wearing Panerai Get over the hackneyed, mainstream choices and move on to something real. There is nothing, and I do mean nothing, worse than a young man who wears a Panerai watch. |
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Braun Watches I have always been interested in vintage Braun watches, and I recently noticed that it has recently reintroduced its line of Dieter Rams and Dietrich Lubs designed watches. |
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Buying A Rolex I am interested in purchasing my first Rolex to add to my collection. My budget is $10,000, which limits the Rolex I can buy. |
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Can You Be A Baller With An 8K Watch Budget? You may be surprised to hear that there are any number of Cartier watches I happen to admire. |
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin High-grade timepieces convey prestige and class, and could be not unjustifiably considered fine artwork in many cases. |
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Jump Hour Watches: Watch Snob The jump hour is a century-old movement design. It is not popular today, but purists like me have a strong affinity toward those timepieces that employ such a relic of horological accomplishment. |
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Sport Watches Do yourself a favor and read all of my archived writings here before you even consider making a purchase. The scales will be lifted from your eyes. |
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Watch Snob Q&A: Starting A Watch Collection The Watch Snob answers letters from readers asking which watch to buy, or not. |
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Big Watches: Watch Snob Is TAG Heuer more "cool" to wear for 30-something folks than Rolex? Rolex seems to be for "elderly" folks or young, stuck-up folks who have no taste in fashion. |