From Fratello Watches

Whether you’re buying out of sentimentality — say, you want to own a watch from the year of your birth — or simply for investment purposes, education is the most important factor when it comes to buying, or collecting, vintage timepieces. During my last decade-plus with FratelloWatches, I have received numerous e-mails from people who’ve struggled with their purchase of a vintage watch; in nearly every reply to these e-mails, I have offered five bullet-point guidelines, which I will now share with you.

https://www.watchtime.com/blog/fratello ... e-watches/

I started this hobby as a kid going to estate sales with my dad every weekend sifting thru junk and finding these mechanical treasures. I wish these resources were around back then because I took a lot of it for granted.