The Quiet Wealth Journal
Editorial Contributor
Former contributing editor, WatchTime Magazine; speaker, Watches & Wonders Geneva
Horology correspondent with 14 years covering haute horlogerie, auction markets, and collector culture for international luxury press.
Watches
Richard Mille is the most polarising watchmaker alive. Every serious collector has an opinion. Nobody has published a proper value analysis — actual material costs, movement complexity, R&D investment versus the final price. This is that article.
Watches
Secondary market prices fell for 11 consecutive quarters after 2022. Everyone asks "is now a good time to buy watches?" — and nobody gives a straight investment answer with specific references. We do. With data from Subdial, Chrono24, and Christie's.
Watches
Rolex produces far more watches than it sells. Those that don't meet specifications are crushed, melted, and destroyed — never discounted, never diverted. This is the story of how deliberate destruction engineers desire, and why it works better than any marketing campaign ever could.
Watches
Millions search "how to get a Rolex" and find vague platitudes. This goes inside the actual points system, the client relationship matrix, the purchase history spreadsheets ADs maintain on every customer — and the specific behaviours that move you up or eliminate you from the list entirely.