WatchDossier Issue 13 - 2025
“Faith, Tariffs, and Other Mechanisms”
EDITORIAL
This issue traces the strange geometry of modern watchmaking—from the absurd to the essential. We begin with The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Watch, a parable of collectors who can no longer read the very dials they worship. The Border Etched Into Every Balance Wheel confronts the 39% U.S. tariff that’s quietly redrawing the map of collecting…



