How our approach to watches would change if we hit the reset button

Every watch collector has wondered about this at some point. If you could go back to the beginning, armed with everything you know now, what would you do differently? Would you buy fewer watches, take bigger risks, or even skip certain phases altogether? In this episode of Fratello Talks , Nacho is joined by RJ and Timo to tackle exactly that question. Looking at today’s watch landscape rather than the one they entered years ago, the three discuss the watches they would buy if they were starting their collecting journeys from scratch. Along the way, they touch on changing tastes, lessons learned, and how the market itself has evolved. But first, it’s time for a quick wrist check.

Wrist check

Timo is wearing his Cartier Santos-Dumont ref. 96061, a striking two-tone execution featuring a yellow gold case with an almost imperceptible white gold bezel.…