My 9 Watch-Collecting Resolutions for 2025

Uniquely-shaped watches have been all the rage recently, whether we’re talking about the mega-hyped Cartier Crash, the Berneron Mirage, or newcomers like the Anoma A1 and Toledano & Chan B/1. But ever since I wrote about it in late 2023, I’ve been especially taken with the Seiko Crescent Moon. This moon-shaped Seiko, designed in the early ’90s by Japanese model and actress Sayoko Yamaguchi, is too smooth. I need it and they are very difficult to hunt down. Every post about the Crescent Moon is stacked with commenters asking if anyone happens to be selling.

Wear watches everywhere

Why constrain watches to just your wrist? The new Casio CRW001-1 ring means you can now check the time easily and stylishly on your finger. Obviously watch rings are nothing new, but making one in the shape of a digital Casio is a fresh take on the concept.

Find your watchfam community

It’s corny but true: The thing that makes watch collecting special is the folks you do it with. There are so many different ways you can approach your collection. Maybe you’re in love with a single brand, so you band together with the covenant of Universal Geneve collectors or start religiously posting on #SpeedyTuesday. Perhaps you start modding Seikos and fall in with the #SeikoBoys. Have a thing for funky ’70s watches and want to become best friends with Phil Toledano? That’s an option. You can go wide and start searching for important chronograph pieces or find an incredibly narrow passion and obsess over every variation of Rolex’s legendary 1016 Explorer (you certainly wouldn’t be alone: Andrew of @T_Swiss_T recently shared that his exhaustive guide on that watch and the 1675 GMT-Master have racked up 1.25 million page views over the years). Whatever your thing is, there’s a vibrant crew out there for you to join.

Invest in gold

Rolex announced a series of price hikes at the tail end of last year. While most of them are as mild as annual rent increases, one number is raising eyebrows. The price of some gold Rolex pieces are up 8%, according to Bloomberg. I think this means it’s a good time to plow some money into $GCW00—or maybe invest in the heaviest Day-Date I can find.

Learn to accessorize

There are several ways to personalize your watch. You can go as far as customizing it with aftermarket diamonds or a DLC coating to simply putting on a new strap. But there are levels to this shit. Watches of Espionage recently introduced a “Submersible Wrist Compass” meant as an attachment for your watch’s strap, which creates a very rugged rig when paired with a NATO or rubber bracelet. Just take a look at how James Stacey, Hodinkee’s newish editor-in-chief, went beast mode with his Tudor Pelagos 39. And I know this WoE joint is a sturdy tool for divers—it’s based on compasses worn by “Special Operators” during the Vietnam War, according to the product listing—but I can’t get over how adorably tiny it is. This thing didn’t last long and is currently sold out. They say you don’t need to put a hat on a hat, but putting a watch on a watch (or a compass) is going to be big for 2025.

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