He is accomplished, but not posh; classy, but easygoing. You most certainly would not see just any man wearing a Patek Philippe watch. The man who can afford a watch of this calibre is someone who takes himself and his time seriously and wants others to see him this way as well.

A man who wears an IWC is not only confident in who he is, but he also has nothing to prove in the way of style. He might be a family man but one who has not lost himself in the shadow of responsibility.

No, watchmaking is not dead. Far from it. But its economic model is changing. And we've heard the death knell of a certain brand of arrogance, of which the public has had its fill.

Can I start making watches on my own? If you mean purchasing movements, cases, dials, hands and bands as bulk parts and assembling them, then yes, easily. If you mean the above, but with custom designed dials, hands, cases, etc, then also yes, but not as easily...that requires some more specialized fabrication skills.