Personalized custom watches the next big thing?

It seems like these days unless you spend upwards of $ 20,000 on a watch, you are bound to see someone else wearing the exact same at some point. My recent cruise to the Mediterranean indicated to me that the watches in the range of sub-0 $ 10000 and to a lesser extend the sub-$ 20,000 are usually – seen. It gets harder and harder to have a watch that is truly unique, at least in some small way. On this cruise I saw a fellow with the engines of a Breitling T in the dark, exactly the same as mine, and I also saw a fellow with an evolution of Breitling Chronomat, the same as mine. I have not even begun to count the number of Rolex that I saw!

But what if your favorite shows from beginning to offer the ability to adjust your watches in a way that makes your show a lot more personal to you? Is this is something that you spend your money on?

Vacheron Constantin Quai de l’Ile

Vacheron Constantin think it is. They released a new watch called the Quai de l’Ile, a fully customizable offering shows a total of 400 combinations of metals and dials. It is also conceivable devices High security by Roger Pfund to make fake much harder to do.

The watch made to order takes approximately 3 months to do.

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Not a new idea
The shows made on order is not a new idea, but Vacheron Constantin has certainly taken this to the next level. There have been many watches manufactures custom made offers such as the Breitling for Bentley Mulliner Tourbillon, and some other manufacturers minors shows that focus on the aspect made. Then there are guys like Bill Yao who specialize in adapting existing Seiko watches, the calculation of the costs of replacement dial and hands a couple times one hundred. Quite the sum when you consider the initial cost of the watch.

I think the trend watches Customized increase over the years because it is a relatively intact with most of the players are very small shops with very little marketing. Enter a few major players in the Swiss market with a sub-$ 10,000 available will cause a real stir I think.

A watch made to order watches that I know of is Elishewitz Allen, a knifemaker is commissioned by trade, and then branch out to the pens made to order and notes as well.