Insights E29 - The Watch Collector / Enthusiast Dichotomy & Its Discontents

Update: 2022-05-02

Description

Allen upends our current way of diving up the watch community into collectors, enthusiasts and consumers and suggests that we'd be far better off describing different levels of horological experience. Not to be missed for the die-hards, in this episode Allen's "phenomenology of watches" finally pays some dividends.

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Chris Stevenson

Live your podcasts thanks Alan

Jun 16th

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Insights E29 - The Watch Collector / Enthusiast Dichotomy & Its Discontents

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Chris Stevenson

Insights E29 - The Watch Collector / Enthusiast Dichotomy & Its Discontents

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Insights E29 - The Watch Collector / Enthusiast Dichotomy & Its Discontents