Letter from the Editor

We're just a few ticks away from Watch Word's first official issue. Even though it's new, it feels like something I've been quietly winding inside me for years.

I never thought I’d write a watch newsletter. Also, I didn't expect to leave everything behind — my career, company, comfort zone — and start over. Yet here we are.

It's no secret that I've always had a thing for watches—not just as objects, but as tiny vessels of meaning. They’re about stories, style, engineering, memory, identity... and sometimes, just the joy of a beautiful dial.

Like many collectors and admirers of horology, I’ve spent hours going down rabbit holes: watching old auction footage, obsessing over dial textures, comparing movements I’ll probably never own. Not just because I love watches—but because I love what they represent.

Watch Word is my attempt to make sense of all that—curated, thoughtful, a little nerdy, hopefully never boring.

This won’t be another press-release-parroting watch blog. I’m aiming for something smarter, more personal, and (hopefully) more meaningful. You'll find stories, trends, market movements, hidden gems from the past, and things worth knowing—without the fluff.

If you’re reading this now, you’re one of the first 14 subscribers (yes, really). That means two things:

You’re early.

You matter more than you know—you’re co-founders of what this will become.

I'd love your help growing this. Share the signup link, forward the email, drag a friend into the hobby, send this to that cousin who keeps flipping Seikos on eBay. Every new reader helps shape what this becomes.

Thanks for being here at the start. I’ll do my best to make every issue worth opening—and worth reading.

See you Thursday,

Fatih Taskiran
Founder & Chief Daydreamer at The Core