The Art of Collecting Watches - A Personal Journey - Vacheron Constantin

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Summary:
What makes a watch collector tick? From growing up the son of a car collector, to early days of exploring watch auctions, to studying watch manufacturers' histories and learning to distinguish between varying levels of finishing, Andrew Jacobs shares the ins and outs of a collector's education and journey into the complicated passion for high watchmaking with preeminent watch expert Jack Forster.



Andrew Jacobs is a senior investment professional at Metropolitan Real Estate Equity Management, where he is responsible for overseeing global real estate private equity fund managers and investment opportunities. In addition to his responsibilities at Metropolitan, Andrew is an adjunct professor of Real Estate Finance at Columbia Business School, where he teaches a capstone real estate class to MBA students. His hobbies include wristwatches, classic automobiles and tractors, flying, wooden boats and architecture.


Jack Forster is the US editor in chief of Revolution Magazine, a quarterly publication devoted to celebrating the craftsmanship, history, and beauty of fine watchmaking. He has been active as both a writer and moderator on several collector's watch discussion forums on the Internet for over a decade. He collects, repairs, and restores vintage pocket watches in his spare time.


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• Jack Forster
• Andrew Jacobs
• Vacheron Constantin
• Swiss watchmaker
• watches
• watch
• Watchmaker
• Luxury Watchmaking
• watchmaking
• Fine High End Watch
• Manufacturer Expensive Watches

[geoluo88]

so true, great video.. one of my main motivations to become succesful is to be able to collect Vacheron Grand complication timepieces!! 5 stars! *****