The Five Deadly Sins of Luxury Watches

Tim Mosso loves luxury watch collectors, but even the ones you love need to hear hard truths. Tonight, Tim shares five things he hates about watch collectors. From excessively judgmental gatekeepers of taste to people who keep the factory stickers on their watches, there's enough blame to go around. This episode is an etiquette guide for watch collectors and watch enthusiasts. We've all seen it happen; somebody posts a Rolex, an Hublot, a Panerai, or a Bell & Ross to an internet community, and the catcalls bleed out of every pore. Why can't watch collectors just support and affirm other members of the community? If you don't like Hublot watches but another person is thrilled with his new Big Bang Unico, why not just play along and pay a compliment? It'll improve the tone of the entire watch community, and it costs no more to be nice than to be sour. Even an insincere note of appreciation will be well received by a collector who may have just landed his dream watch. Another major flashpoint is the guy who keeps the factory shipping stickers on the case of his new Patek Philippe Nautilus, Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, or Rolex Daytona. This is not a ball cap from the New York Yankees team store. Holograms, stickers, hanging tags, and flat brims are fashion statements for branded gear, not status symbols for your next RedBar meetup. Stickers on your watch are about as cool as braces on your teenage grin, and, just as braces gather broccoli, those watch stickers gather arm hair an