An Interview With Melvin Hollenberg From WahaWatches

Back with a brand new article type for the blog, I will be interviewing a fellow blogger and vintage watch enthusiast Melvin Hollenberg. Melvin is the founder and owner of WahaWatches and is building a community that provides knowledgeable articles about owning, maintaining and collecting vintage watches.

I plan to do more interviews with other watch bloggers and passionate collectors, if you are interested in talking to me about an interview please email me , or contact me via Twitter .

But first on with the interview.

How did you begin collecting watches, was there a defining moment?

I'm not sure if I really collect watches, to be honest. I do have a couple watches that I like (a lot) but I don't have a large collection. The technological aspect, the craftsmanship of the movements and how to keep those vintage watches running and preserved for future generations fascinates me much more.

It started when I inherited my late grandfather's watch. I remember listening to it as a child. I always found it a very reassuring, safe and familiar sound. The watch (a Moritz Ancre) was in a bad shape, though. A couple watchmakers told me that the watch wasn't really worth that much and I shouldn't spend that much money on it to restore it. In hindsight, that's ludicrous of course because how can you put a price on an heirloom. Anyway, I decided to do it more or less myself. Afterwards, it's even more special than when you had someone else do it. That's how this fascination began.

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