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Reinventing the Wheel

Perhaps the single most important personality trait for watch collectors is patience. They wait years for intricate high-horology mechanical marvels to be developed, sit quietly for their turn to buy one of a precious few produced and then, most likely two to five years later, hand it back for servicing, which can take up to a year, and at significant cost. Companies can’t do

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