{"id":7042642,"date":"2026-08-20T08:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T08:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/uncategorized\/nicholas-hacko-watchmaker-beware-of-fake-watchmakers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T08:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T08:32:19","slug":"nicholas-hacko-watchmaker-beware-of-fake-watchmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/som2nypost.com\/?p=7042642","title":{"rendered":"Nicholas Hacko Watchmaker: Beware of fake watchmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">The message is simple: reading a book on dentistry will not turn me into a dentist. Reading George Daniels\u2019 epic <em>Watchmaking<\/em> will not turn a pimpled 17-year-old kid overnight into a master watchmaker capable of crafting a Breguet-grade watch.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how much money is poured into publicity, online presence,<br \/>\ncommissioned articles, likes, and followers in an attempt to create the<br \/>\npersonification of an \u201cindependent watchmaker\u201d and a brand supposedly<br \/>\nworth investing in, a knowledgeable and discerning collector won\u2019t be<br \/>\nfooled. The feeble attempt to blindly replicate a Daniels watch on a<br \/>\nkitchen bench using crude tools will fool no one.<\/p>\n<p>To some, our video is somehow controversial. Others feel slightly<br \/>\nuncomfortable with demasking and debunking. And some simply can\u2019t handle<br \/>\n the truth: we are still trapped in the woke movement of the COVID era.<br \/>\nTelling someone that <u>there is no shortcut<\/u> to education, bench<br \/>\nexperience, and investment in high-grade precision machinery\u2014which,<br \/>\ncombined with the hard labour of skilled craftsmen, produces a<br \/>\nmasterpiece of industrial quality\u2014is somehow seen as offensive.<\/p>\n<p>Yet we, the watchmakers, have no choice. Our role is to educate, to<br \/>\nunmask when necessary, to guide, and to protect our trade and our craft.<br \/>\n And equally, to protect you\u2014the watch enthusiasts\u2014from shonks who claim<br \/>\n to be us.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t want what\u2019s yours, but we will guard what\u2019s ours. Vigorously.<\/p>\n<p>Investing in an \u201cindependent watchmaker\u201d could be your best decision<br \/>\never\u2014or your worst nightmare and a financial disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>This video is all you need to see to know the difference.\n                        <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The message is simple: reading a book on dentistry will not turn me into a dentist. Reading George Daniels\u2019 epic Watchmaking will not turn a pimpled 17-year-old kid overnight into a master watchmaker capable of crafting a Breguet-grade watch. 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