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What Enthusiasts Have Wrong – Dispelling the Watch Industry's Top Myths

What Enthusiasts Have Wrong – Dispelling the Watch Industry's Top Myths

Update: 2025-06-16
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Having made the transition from watch enthusiasts to industry insiders and retailers in particular, we’ve come to realize that there are often big gaps between what commands attention in watch media and among collectors vs. the commercial realities.


Many of the so-called “truths” we hold sacred as enthusiasts aren’t really true after all. So today on Openwork, we’re myth busting – taking a look at some of the widely held beliefs in the watch community that are actually in fact misconceptions.


For show notes, including links to more information, visit collectivehorology.com/blog.


Hosted by Asher Rapkin and Gabe Reilly, co-founders of Collective Horology, Openwork goes inside the watch industry.


You can find us online at collectivehorology.com. To get in touch with suggestions, feedback or questions, email podcast@collectivehorology.com.

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What Enthusiasts Have Wrong – Dispelling the Watch Industry's Top Myths

What Enthusiasts Have Wrong – Dispelling the Watch Industry's Top Myths

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