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Independents
The Independent Boom Is Real. Most of Its Brands Won't Be.
Auction season 2026 crowned independent watchmaking — a $13.9M Journe, a $3.8M Akrivia, a record $235M Phillips season. Here's why those numbers say almost nothing about whether today's crop of new independents will exist in ten years.
26 Jul 2026
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7 min