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Notes from the Beige Halls | Geneva Dispatch

What happens when even the barista knows about the watches and the wonders.

Apr 21 • Tony Traina

Q&A | Watches and Wonders 2026 Edition

photo dump + leave your questions in the comments.

Apr 19 • Tony Traina

15 Rapid-Fire Thoughts on Watches & Wonders

Rolex, Tudor, Cartier, and more quick takes on all the releases from Geneva.

Apr 15 • Tony Traina

Golf Watches Are Back

The mid-century golfer's watch; how Arnold Palmer changed Rolex forever; Scottie Scheffler's borrowed GMT-Master II.

Apr 12 • Tony Traina

The Psychology of Collecting (w/ King Flum)

One of the reasons I find watch collecting so fascinating is that it puts on full display the entire breadth of human psychology: Why we want the things…

Apr 11 • Tony Traina and kingflum

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For Exhibition Only

An (often unsaid) word before Watches & Wonders. Also: Universal Genève and 'most watches are mid.'

Apr 9 • Tony Traina

Universal Genève's Return and the $1.5m 'Titanic' Watch That Wasn't

A Tudor 'leak'; first look at the UG Tribute to Compax; and a Watchlist featuring Abercrombie & Fitch, Zenith, Breguet, and Patek Philippe.

Apr 4 • Tony Traina

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