Watch Dandy

In our office it’s easy to get a little jaded to the wrist-sized awesomeness that visits the office on the regs. But last week our sense of wonder was well and truly present as H. Moser’s Bertrand Meylan dropped in before the Melbourne leg of his Australian roadshow. We were blown away because he had with him what seemed to be the entire Moser collection. Venturers, Pioneers, Alps – you name it. He even had a few special pieces that we can’t tell you about … yet. And in between photo sessions (I’ve rarely seen our photographer Jason look happier) and table tennis battles, I found some time to chat to Bertrand about all things Moser. Now, I’ll admit, I was a little wary in preparing for this one. I’ve seen how his brother Edouard handles generic marketing ideas, so I suspected I’d get similar treatment if my line of questioning turned to the old favourites of production numbers, SIHH vs Baselworld, and anything involving DNA. So I thought I’d ask some lol-worthy-yet-ultimately-insightful questions about the brand’s Very Rare tagline. Things like “fine art is also very rare — what’s the art world equivalent of Moser?” (I reckon Rothko FWIW).…

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You all know the feeling. You spend months or even years dreaming about them, they become the background screen on your phone, tablet, and laptop. You sit at your desk at work, and lay awake in bed at night skimming the internet for every possible trace of them. You’re infatuated, obsessed even, with even the remote possibility that they may one day become a part of your life. You may have never even felt their soft touch brush against your skin, but inherently you know … One day, someday, they will be yours. That’s right, the watch crush is real. We’ve all had them, and they always beg the same question: Will the crush live up to the hype? Will all the lust and wonder and infatuation come to fruition, or will it all come crashing down in one of those moments of realisation that sometimes is better left unfulfilled? This is exactly the situation I faced. The Rolex GMT-Master II BLNR — known in our circles as the “Rolex Batman” — was just that crush for me since the first time I saw it. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m much more independent brand focused, and there’s seldom…

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