The Watch Collectors’ Roundtable Reconvenes at Aaron Faber Gallery for An Evening of Horlogerie Discourse and Fine Whiskey Tasting: Five Esteemed Members of the Watch Industry Examine Marketplace Trends in Watch Collecting, Followed By a Fine Whiskey Tasting from Universal Whisky Experience
As an increasing number of people continue to rely on their cell phones to tell time, owning a high end wristwatch has become less about timekeeping and more about collecting a sophisticated timepiece that can be passed through generations. On Tuesday, September 9, 2014, Aaron Faber Gallery, 666 Fifth Avenue at West 53rd Street, New York, NY, reconvened their annual Watch Collectors’ Roundtable to explore what makes a good timepiece worthy of future generations, both from an investment perspective as well as long term valuation.
Moderated by Financial Times jewelry contributor and Forbes.com jewelry and watch correspondent, Anthony DeMarco, watch industry insiders Edward Faber, co-owner of Aaron Faber Gallery and author of American Wristwatches: Five Decades of Style and Design, Michael Friedman, Historian for Audemars Piguet, Gary Girdvainis, editor of WristWatch magazine and AboutTime magazine, and Jonathan Snellenburg, Ph. D., Director of Watches and Clocks for Bonhams New York weighed in on the marketplace preference for vintage vs. contemporary watches, while debating the mystique of vintage watches against technological innovations in modern fine timepieces.
The Roundtable was immediately followed by a fine whiskey presentation hosted by Mahesh Patel, founder of the Universal Whisky Experience. Patel shared with guests samples of his finest whiskey as he discussed the practice of whiskey collecting as an investment.
CORRECTION:
During the Roundtable, Michael Friedman incorrectly states there were 286 examples of the 1526 made. The correct number is 210.
Aaron Faber Gallery
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