Their basic functions were long ago usurped by computers, but then again, the dive watch was made to withstand harsh conditions. This is the story of how an obsolete category became one of the most enduringly popular, turning the fortunes of many Swiss watch marques along the way
Watches are a way of life for Irimescu, who began apprenticing in horology at age 11 and today runs Paul’s Watch Repair with his father, who started dismantling clocks and watches at the tender age of 8. Irimescu’s great-grandfather began the tradition in Romania more than a century ago. “It’s a trade unlike any other,” he explains. “Because you’re around it from the time you’re born, you fall in love.” Collecting, says Irimescu, “can become addictive. It’s not like cars; watches are easy to col
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