Porsche, McLaren & Rolex : Watches For a Living : Drew Coblitz Part 2 : Collector Conversations

Please Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@the1916company/?sub_confirmation=1 Watch collector, race car driver, and car collector Drew Coblitz continues his discussion with Tim Mosso. In the second installment of our two-part series, Tim and Drew discuss the challenges and rewards of building careers around their shared passion for performance cars and luxury watches. Drew is both a collector and a consultant whose day job involves pairing clients with luxury products of enduring value; he helps his friends pursue cars and watches as alternative classes of investment. Drew's watch collection began with his inheritance of his grandfather's gold Jaeger LeCoultre, but his current collection reflects a preference for sports watches, vintage sports watches, and watches that carry the romance of memorable histories. He also voices enthusiasm for ultra thin watches including the new Jaeger LeCoultre "Kingsman's Knife" and modern watches that effectively channel the personality and charisma of vintage watches. Although his collections are not price-sensitive, the 2020 watch that most excites Drew is the Rolex Oyster Perpetual 41 (124300) with green dial, and he has placed an order for one of the first examples. Regarding critiques of the watch collector community, Drew believes that too many watch enthusiasts are choosing to buy watches because they're "hot" rather than because the individual earnestly loves the model. For example: he turned down a dealer's offer of a 42mm Ro