Newcomer Here. Hi Everyone!

[NicoD]

Hi everyone,

I am also a newbie on this forum.

I have been "collecting" watches for the past 4 years. I started with an inconspicuous little Seiko 5, which my wife offered to me (on my demand ;) ). Since then, and like many of us, I caught the watch bug.

I must admit that I am not a big Rolex fan. I respect the products for what they are. I admire Rolex for being able to scale up, producing high quality industrial products and managing the offer & demand so well. But I am left cold by their pricing policy, and all the hype around the brand.

On the other side, I am more and more attracted to its smaller sibling, Tudor. The way I see it, Tudor is redeployed to take the place vacated by Rolex after their move-up in terms of positioning. The watches they produce are (for those that interest me) rugged, ready-to-do-everything, toolwatches.

I also came to learn about the history behind Seiko, and learnt as much as I could (which is not much by all standards) about its past, Grand Seiko and King Seiko.

At some point, I also became interested in German watch brands and manufactures (don't ask me why, I cannot remember how I ended up there).

All this time spent reading articles, looking at photos and videos, and discussing with other WIS, shaped my current "collection".


I registered on TRF because I am always looking to learn new things, and to (virtually) meet new WIS. So here am I!


PS: I'm from France. Please don't hold it against me