- Watches can be only seen under a functionnal point of view, a tool to read the Time.
Till the 60ies, it was only a mechanical movement, since the 60iesn we have the choice between Quartz or Mechanical movements.
If we consider a watch as a tool, just used to read Time, why would you pay more for a mechanical movement, where a Quartz can be get for 30 or 40 Euros?
Don't we go over the TOOL if we prefer a Mechanical, or, isn't there something else which makes us prefer a mechanical movement?
A Vintage watch will add Soul, and an ubelievable strength as it suggests s Story, and sometimes...History.
A Modern watch is a part of our personnality, an " accessory " of our personnality as well as a functionnal jewel:
- Some watches can be considered as an Expression of Time
From the most delirious expression, and here we'll find some Independants Creations, or some brands lie U.N, for example, with the Freak
We can also mention the AP Starwheels, or the VC Mercator, in this category.
Here, the watches play with Time, displaying it in an original way, adding ot the originality technixity, sometimes, if we consider the Freak.
- Watches may represent a Sublimation of Time
Here, you go over the Time, to make it Sublime.
To me, the Minute Repeater is the perfect example of Sublimation of Time...A Time which can not only be read, but heard, or sung!
Any way, for us, a watch is much more than a watch!
Best,
Nicolas