The Flavour of The Time

A  dialogue between a " watch fanatic "and a "watch blind"


Circle covering the object is a small famous Shanghai " watch crazy " --- he watches the world for all kinds of familiar , had also written several books on clocks appreciation . Then he saw his first moment , I deliberately pay attention to what he has to wear a watch , "This is Athens GMT watch for the time zone adjustment . I'll go to Japan , so for wearing this , normally , I wear Is another piece of Heuer . " see what I was thinking , Mr. Fang introduced me to this watch , but also pay attention to the look of my wrist , but he did not see the watch in that position ... ...

Yes, I am a " blind watch " --- After graduation I was almost never worn watches , first, because no interest , 2 because of a cell phone . Having said that , although I have not the slightest feeling of watches , but I do also those interested in "play list " of people are very curious : what " taste " , so that they are so addicted to this record time machine ?

Obsession with machinery : like the reason for the watch

Sunday News Morning Herald ( hereinafter referred to as " Sunday "): how did you like the watch ?

Fang (the " Party ") : like the watch and the collection watch is different from the situation . Interested in clocks and watches small matter of course , remember that time , the family will not be my little bell over the demolition of ... ... As for collection , when my own collection of watch es , the age has been 30 years of age .

Sunday : Your usual watch collection will wear ?

Side: most proud of the collection may not be on the usual wear . Like my favorite collection is the pocket watch , but usually out is not convenient to use . The watch itself is often wearing the most practical needs of their own watch . For example, I usually wear the TAG Heuer SEL watch , has spent over a decade , due to its timing functions , like me who like cars , sometimes you can treat it as a stopwatch . This use of watch I almost never take off , even when they wear bathing .

Sunday : I heard that people like to watch , often also on other machines might be interested in ... ...

Side : this is the case , for example, like cars --- in the eyes of machinery , cars and watches, there are many close to the office , for example, stressed the importance of power , and even many forms of design , which itself is designed from the car The inspiration .

Sunday : I guess , such people generally prefer things tight precision , a strong sense of time .

Side: often the case.

Sunday : male ?

Party: Absolutely.

In Shanghai, five people playing watch

Sunday : Hong Kong Watch Collection Club , in Shanghai, "play list " of people have their own small group ?

Party : Shanghai is not , but "play list " of people a lot , but everyone's situation is different , a large collection of watches is not the same as the reason .

Sunday : Please make some comments.

Side : In my opinion, like the watch of about five people so .

The first category is more old school . They have long engaged in this business , such as watch , probably the age of 50 years of age, is characterized by hands often somewhat craft .

The second type is now doing business watches , they are not too old open my own business , for commercial things really understand them , vision is very wide .

The third category is more like the watch itself . They are very interested in the mechanical things , such as cars . Even some people like to "play "some strange things , one of my friends like collection of audio , I personally prefer the ships bell .

The fourth category is the number of high-level white-collar workers with some income for them , buy watch is a status , but also as its an investment.

The fifth type is a group of younger white-collar workers . Their tastes and preferences by the Hong Kong and Taiwan , and Japan greatly.

Sunday : You should be a third one right .

Fang : Yes. These people as we usually have their own unique preferences , many people will craft their own hands --- Although our general , but the watch itself is very understanding, so often have their own special "technology . " The first group , although the skills that a good old man , but they built a watch usually experience on their own elusive aim is to list only " go up " , as for whether it had the makings of not being considered .

Business Times , the watch did not previously fun

Sunday : It 's time more and more tools , usually a cell phone , work a computer ... ...

Party : New timing tools do make time-keeping much weakened, but the most affected watch or mid-range market , as a luxury or high-grade sheet market fundamentals remain intact . End of the day , with a time watch or on your phone, just a matter of habit.

Of course, some would say different , often watches do not necessarily see at a glance the exact time ( electronic display of the phone and computer can do ), but it had a sense of space , when you can see the pointer slowly toward the origin , the There is a real grasp of sense of time --- for example , before you leave for an appointment, watch cell phone , but to know a specific time , but at his watch , you will get from the space, a kind of "off time have long agreed " the distance.

Sunday : Although I am not interested in the watch , but also can feel the clock is now commercially intensified.

Fang : Yes. With the entry of big capital, watch industry , to play watch is already not as fun , and too many of them commercial factors are penetration . As I had asked a friend to get married in Paris and bought a gold watch in Athens , red enamel surface , produced a total of only 50 on the price but is merely the price of ordinary gold watch . Now the limited edition watches, prices tend to exceed more than 15% of regular price !

Today's watchmaking industry pay more attention to the commercial interests of the watch , for example, make a new product , they often first go to calculate how much benefit --- a typical example is former President produce a type of watch , and then to determine the quality of Price ; now is upside down , first decide how much to produce a price list , and then go design and production......