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Small Tokyo watch dealer shop window at night with vintage watches

Collector Profiles

Behind the Glass in Nakano: A Tokyo Independent Dealer's Twenty-Year Archive

In a quiet arcade in Nakano, a two-person dealership has been quietly sourcing Japanese-market vintage since 2005. Their private archive tells a different story than the auction rooms.

June 28, 20269 min read

A retired watchmaker's wooden bench archive with labelled drawers of vintage tool watches under a brass lamp

Collector Profiles

Profile: The Retired Watchmaker Who Kept One of Everything He Repaired

Forty years at the bench produced an archive organised not by brand or value but by mechanical problem, and it may be the most instructive private collection we have visited.

July 12, 202610 min read