| thehour.ch | Issue XIV · Spring 2026
Executive Editor: Fouad Ghanma
The Hour — Issue XIV

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The Watch You Buy at Forty Is Not the Watch You Would Have Bought at Thirty
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The Watch You Buy at Forty Is Not the Watch You Would Have Bought at Thirty
Collecting evolves. The references that seemed essential a decade ago reveal themselves, in time, as stages rather than destinations.
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The Education of a Collector: What the First Ten Years Teach You
The watches you buy in your first decade of serious collecting are rarely the ones you keep. They are, however, the ones that make the later decisions possible.
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On Buying Watches You Cannot Afford: A Practical Philosophy
The collector's dilemma is not financial. It is a question of how seriously you intend to take your own desire.
Secondary Market
Rolex Sub 124060
CHF 12,200
↓ 0.8%
AP Royal Oak 15500ST
CHF 29,800
↑ 1.4%
Patek 5726A
CHF 38,400
↑ 2.1%
Lange Datograph
CHF 88,000
↑ 3.2%
FP Journe CS Pt
CHF 110,000
↑ 5.6%
Dufour Simplicity
CHF 340,000
↑ 8.1%
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