What happens when a dentist starts a watch group chat during COVID? It grows into CP Time, a 2,000-member watch collecting community across the US. On this episode of the Dual Time Podcast, Roman Sharf and Adrian Taskin of Luxury Bazaar sit down with Dr. Albert Coombs, founder of CP Time, to talk about inclusion in watch collecting, walking into boutiques and not feeling welcome, and getting a Patek Philippe 5711 Green at retail only to have the internet call it fake.We also get into the topics collectors can't stop having: should you call someone out for wearing a fake watch? Why do Richard Mille owners get hate when F.P. Journe owners don't? Are people buying hyped independent watchmakers for the wrong reasons? Roman runs the numbers on why the independent business model is so hard. Plus, Dr. Coombs talks about his De Bethune DB27, the CP Time x De Bethune collaboration, his three-watch grail collection (Rolex Daytona "Le Mans," RM 67-02, F.P. Journe), and the Cartier Tank Louis his father bought him in retirement, the watch that means the most to him.
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