Meeting the Venezianico crew
Hello fellow watch lovers, so the other day, as I was going for a ride with with my brother, I have unexpectedly met the Venezianico crew.
Alberto and Elena, and the whole crew, are doing an amazing job in developing the Venezianico watch brand.
I have met them randomly in a parking sport in Treviso, just outside Venice. I do not know them personally, yet I have recognized them through the Venezianico Club they manage on Facebook. They have been kind enough to stop for a group picture.
Alberto was wearing their newly launched Bucintoro, a 42mm automatic watch with a panda-like aesthetics. The watch looked even better in real life than in the pictures.
I quite like what Venezianico brand is doing on terms of brand recognition. I particularly like the way the way they are esperimenting with colourful dials such as their newly launched Nereide ultrablack, with Mosou Black painting.
I perhaps like even more their search for new materials such as the ones you can see in the Nereide Avventurina, which is using a particular type of avventurina stone that provides a night-sky-like appearance to the watch. I also like their Nereide Meteorite special edition. The idea of having piece a meteorite, who travelled through miles in outer space, on your wirst is way too cool.
Check them out if you haven't yet. Bye!
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I have a feeling that there is Marmite situation with this brand and the community. But I do enjoy their design language and wish them all the best
I have the same feeling. It seems to me that they have made great advancements from their previous life as Meccaniche Veneziane and the community seems to be responding well.
Just started to notice these, look pretty decent. I'll certainly be keeping an eye on them. 🤩👍🏻
I've looked in on them, from time to time since they turned into Venezianico and thought, "OK, that's interesting..." when it came to a few releases. But at the same time, they have nothing that even faintly suggests I should be pulling the trigger on it. For the same money (say 600 Euro for the upcoming Ultrablack, which is about $1000 Aussie dollarydoos), there are watches I would much rather have from brands everyone knows, and which I'll have an easier time selling, when it comes time to refresh my collection in the future.
But great that you met them!
I've looked in on them, from time to time since they turned into Venezianico and thought, "OK, that's interesting..." when it came to a few releases. But at the same time, they have nothing that even faintly suggests I should be pulling the trigger on it. For the same money (say 600 Euro for the upcoming Ultrablack, which is about $1000 Aussie dollarydoos), there are watches I would much rather have from brands everyone knows, and which I'll have an easier time selling, when it comes time to refresh my collection in the future.
But great that you met them!
Fair enough. I fell the same on many micro / emerging brands. Yet I rarely sell used watches (perhaps because I have a small collection), hence I've always thought about my personal usage. Anyhiw I see your point. They may increase in valuation in the future (perhaps on some pieces) but that remains to be seen. Cheers
Fair enough. I fell the same on many micro / emerging brands. Yet I rarely sell used watches (perhaps because I have a small collection), hence I've always thought about my personal usage. Anyhiw I see your point. They may increase in valuation in the future (perhaps on some pieces) but that remains to be seen. Cheers
The key thing to understand about what I said is that I'm not commenting on a rise in value. I'm not a watch flipper. I'm commenting from the POV that the more you go on in watch collecting, the more you accumulate. And unless you want to be one of these guys who is like, "Hey look, I've got four watch boxes full of watches and I don't wear 3/4 of them from year to year..." then you WILL end up selling watches at some stage.
I sell mine for half to 3/4 what I paid for them, generally speaking. So no profit there. But simply making room in the collection, and getting some money back. If you sell several at once, it might consolidate into one really great piece coming into your collection.
It's actually one of the key ways people build a collection. They start with a bunch of cheap watches and, over time, end up with less watches - but better watches. And a key part of making these sales is having watch brands that people want to buy secondhand. Smaller indies, micros, and emerging brands don't usually cut it in that area. Good luck.