Watches: On My Watch Vol. 06 – Three Collectors Share Their Stories, From Stolen Watches To Star Wars

Would you prefer a watch bitten by a pig or one that’s been thrown violently across a room but carried on ticking? Maybe you’d rather have JFK’s elegant 1960s Omega, or one that starred in a famous sci-fi movie. For our latest trio of collectors, these are the stories that bring life to their appreciation of fine timepieces. It’s no surprise that they’re all about people (OK, and one animal). It’s the people that take mechanical watches – fascinating devices in their own right – and endow them with real meaning. We feel the same way, which is why we keep coming back to this same set of simple questions.

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