The WOW Conversation: Sustainability in Watchmaking
Picking up from our sustainability special last issue, the editors of WOW Singapore and Thailand address the subject as collectors themselves.
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Sustainability is a hot topic, and the conversation is getting a little shrill in the wake of COP26 and a variety of dire warnings from experts. Watchmaking is only a tiny part of this, and yet there is no question that brands want to be on the right side. In our previous issue, we spent a lot of pages getting into the meat of this subject, and we are unlikely to leave it at that given the continuing topical relevance of sustainability. In other words, this is a developing story with generational reverberations. There is no telling when the last word will come.
For us, the media and watch collectors, our part remains to ask questions; we cannot afford to hang back when our readers have questions. One of those questions is why give so much play to this issue when the issue of flipping and the grey market may be more directly relevant. This is a fair point, and is part of what the editors of WOW Singapore and Thailand get into. Of course, the pre-owned market plays an important role in keeping watchmaking sustainable, and we may yet get into this more directly. Stay tuned!
For now though, sustainability is a richer subject because right and wrong seem like open questio...
The post The WOW Conversation: Sustainability in Watchmaking appeared first on LUXUO.
Tudor Black Bay Ceramic with fabric strap and hybrid rubber/leather strap.
Sustainability is a hot topic, and the conversation is getting a little shrill in the wake of COP26 and a variety of dire warnings from experts. Watchmaking is only a tiny part of this, and yet there is no question that brands want to be on the right side. In our previous issue, we spent a lot of pages getting into the meat of this subject, and we are unlikely to leave it at that given the continuing topical relevance of sustainability. In other words, this is a developing story with generational reverberations. There is no telling when the last word will come.
For us, the media and watch collectors, our part remains to ask questions; we cannot afford to hang back when our readers have questions. One of those questions is why give so much play to this issue when the issue of flipping and the grey market may be more directly relevant. This is a fair point, and is part of what the editors of WOW Singapore and Thailand get into. Of course, the pre-owned market plays an important role in keeping watchmaking sustainable, and we may yet get into this more directly. Stay tuned!
For now though, sustainability is a richer subject because right and wrong seem like open questio...
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