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This is a blog exploring why collectors of luxury items (mainly watches) believe and do what we do, why we pretend otherwise, and how we might do better.
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SDC Weekly 166; The Escapement Tickets! + What would New Balance do? (opens the original)
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🚨 Welcome back to SDC Weekly!Admin note: The Unofficial Editor couldn’t check this edition. He’s in Vegas, telling everyone what happened there stays there - unlike his opinions on SDC’s grammar, which he somehow always brings home. Please tap the title of this post or click here to ensure you read the most recent edition, which may include corrections made after publishing.If you’re new to SDC, welcome! When you have some time, check out prior editions of SDC Weekly <a href="htt
China's Offshore Wealth Crackdown Meets Luxury Watches (opens the original)
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Before we begin, I’d like to add a note of thanks to GP for supplying me with various reports on China; this wouldn’t have been possible without your help! We’ve covered some of this before; China’s Ministry of Finance and its tax administration published Announcement No. 21 on 24 July this year. They were announcing that trusts held outside China will now be taxed at 20%. For now, <a href="https://www.morganlewis.com/pubs/2026/07/china-esta
SDC Weekly 165; Should you engrave your Rolex?; What the Padellone's price gives away; WOSG in charts (opens the original)
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🚨 Welcome back to SDC Weekly! If you’ve not seen it yet, Moser just launched the
Schrödinger’s Status Razor (opens the original)
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This all started a couple of months ago in the comments section of SDC Weekly 154… a few subscribers ended up defending various positions between them, and nobody ended up agreeing on anything. The following week, I took one thread from that lot - Rip Roach’s point about the 70s - and we discussed ‘when a watch talks’ and ‘what language it speaks’ ... you may recall the whole signal-regime history, the translation codebook, and all of that.Anyway, now comes the hard part, whi
SDC Weekly 164; A Ming that isn't a Ming; Anton Rupert and a mystery committee (opens the original)
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🚨 Welcome back to SDC Weekly!Admin note: The Unofficial Editor didn't check this one. To be fair, we asked him to spot the errors, and he can't even spot a good watch, so the bar was always theoretical. Please tap the title of this post or click here to ensure you read the most recent edition, which may include corrections made after publishing.If you’re new to SDC, welcome! When you have some time, check out prior editions of SDC Weekly here, or peruse the archive <a href="https://www
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