I’ve rambled a bit, but I think you can see that very few people my age care about mechanical watches in general.
Good input from someone younger than most here. However I think the sentence I've quoted above can be shortened a bit by taking out "my age" and still hold true. Very few people care about mechanical watches period.
No idea how this will work out in the future, but I doubt I'll run out of work anytime soon...
Yes, in absolute numbers few people care about mechanical watches but we can say the same about most collectibles. I believe his point was that relative to other age groups/generations, his generation shows less interest in mechanical watches.
Out of curiosity, what is the generational composition of your customers?
Most people don't care about collectibles certainly - that is exactly my point. Saying that what you see in your immediate circle is representative of a specific age group or generation is a big stretch.
I'm not Facebook - you do not have to provide demographic information to use my services. I have no idea how old most of my customers are.
When it comes to this topic I’m not basing my opinion solely on my immediate circle. I haven’t run a statistical analysis but much information can be gleaned by visits to the watchmaker, social media including OF, and direct social interactions with the world at large. Of course this can vary regionally but unless you’re well traveled and well interfaced that’s all we have to go by barring a statistical study.
As a watchmaker you are better positioned than most to shed light on the topic of the thread unless you’re not personally interacting with any of your customers. Again I’m not asking for a statistical analysis but your observational insight.
I have no idea how old most of my customers are.
Can anyone comment of the state of vintage watch markets in non-English speaking parts of the world? Particularly fast growing territories like China, Middle East? Is this where the next generation of serious collectors is likely to come from?
