We've all been there. Some of us are still there. You're new to watches, you're excited to learn as much as you can and to buy a few nice things, but you don't really know where to start. Or maybe you know where to start, but you're not sure where to go from there. Or, even worse, you think you know what you're doing, but you're woefully mistaken. It's tough. Watch collecting is a passion that's all about the details and there's quite a lot of misinformation out there. But even beyond studying the minutiae, memorizing reference numbers, and knowing your way around a complicated movement, there's a lot you can do to raise your chances of success and to get even more out of this fun little hobby of ours. That's where we come in.