For a decade, Louis Vuitton has been quietly assembling the infrastructure of a serious watchmaker. The 2011 acquisition of La Fabrique du Temps in Meyrin gave it a Geneva manufacture. A minute repeater is the one complication that cannot be faked, mass-produced, or reduced to a marketing exercise. It is also, perhaps not coincidentally, the card Louis Vuitton has chosen to play at LVMH Watch Week 2026.
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Each week at WCL delivers editorial coverage across the spectrum of serious watch collecting—from industry analysis and new release evaluation to archival perspectives and manufacture insights. Weekend Reads curates the week's most substantial pieces: the editorials that reward deeper engagement and merit your weekend reading time. Five pieces worth your attention:
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In December 2022, when Rolex announced its Certified Pre-Owned programme through Bucherer, I wrote: "The impact will be minimal on the grey market.” I also predicted that "the ones that might hurt some, are the pre-owned dealers with a brick and mortar storefront that try to buy inventory almost as low as ADs…”
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Watch Collecting Lifestyle extends its deepest condolences to the Seddiqi family and their extended community across the watch industry. Abdulmagied Ahmed Seddiqi, co-owner of Seddiqi Holding and a figure whose influence on luxury watch retail in the Middle East is difficult to overstate, has passed away.
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