The World's Biggest Watch Collection Worth 1 Billion: Sandro Fratini's Rolex, Patek, Tissot & More
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- Today I have the honor and pleasure of sharing with you a special #WatchTalk with Sandro Fratini-owner of one of the world's most prestigious watch collections, and lover of beautiful timepieces. In this interview on location at his horology themed Hotel L'Orologio in Florence, Italy, I chat with Sandro about his 2000 piece watch collection valued at over 1 billion euros, and how his passion for watches began. In this video we'll take a look at a few watches from Sandro's collection, including his Rolex Oyster Perpetual, Tissot Telemeter Chronograph, and Squale 1521. We also discuss his love of Audemars Piguet and Patek Philippe, the rarest watches in his collection, his preferred desert island watch, his current grail watch, how his watches have inspired his work, and more. What do you think about the watches featured in this video? Please share in the comments!
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This man is literally the antithesis of many TH-cam Watch Content Creators who is screaming about how much a watch is worth, and what they can flip it for. I’m not mad at them, but this is what I imagine a true watch collector, I mean lover, is supposed to be. Thanks for the great interview!
Yes, a true gentleman. He has watches but his watches don’t have him.
I 💯 percent agree.
The message of treat everyone with respect is pretty asinine … respect is earned not just given.
agreed. i think that's why he has had a consistent following for a decade. his demeanour is genuine and not off putting.
@@TomPlantagenetDamn. Something Marcus Aurelius would probably say if he wore a watch.
Here is a lesson. Wealth doesn't have to mean vulgarity. Collecting doesn't have to mean chasing profit. The appreciation of beautiful objects, examples of great craftsmanship is about what moves you and brings you joy. Bravo, TGV, Bravo!
Bravo. Great words. Sandro... what an amazing guy and place too.
TALK OF A WATCH LEGEND HIS CALMNESS AND HUMILITY IS PURE WHO SAYS RICH CAN'T BE HUMBLE. GREAT INTERVIEW HOMEBOY AS ALWAYS. THANKS FOR SHARING.
Fantastic episode! The quality and variety in content of your channel is unrivaled. Great way to end the week. Thank you!
What a staggering collection Sandro has. Thanks for sharing, TGV and for the insight into his collecting habits. 🥂
"A watch is something you love". My motto! Sandro is a Legend.
Thanks TGV for an incredible interview. I always look forward to a new episode and this one is special. Much appreciated!
TGV, what a wonderful conversation! The fact that this well renowned gentleman is wearing a Squale shows that we ALL can have something in common in this great hobby, no matter what staus in life we are. His passion and the gleam in his eyes when speaking about his watches is a joy to see and quite contageous. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Wow, such a nice and humble gentlemen. That Tissot is amazing and speaks to his true passion for watches.
Such a gentleman. Another home run TGV. Thanks
I usually find your videos too short, but this one is the shortest of them all. A man who measures life by love is a man one should respect. A very rare man these days, indeed.
Man, I wish to be as cool as Sandro when I grow older
Don't we all!!!
Thank you my friend, a wonderful comment.
Best regards,
TGV
Forget that Dos Equis guy- this is the real "World's Most Interesting Man"!
Lucky to have visited (not stayed in) his hotel in Firenze in 2018. The front lobby staff was generous to allow me inside to take some pics. Fantastic interview, Tristano.
Ah, great interview. He is not one of these pretentious billionaires, who doesn't really appreciate what he has. A true connosseur, with a very evident passion and genuine love of timepieces. I even understood some of the Italian - getting better! Ciao!
Dear TGV: huge interview!!!! I could spend a whole week hearing this Nice Italian speaking about watches with each word comming straight from his heart.
This was both entertaining and dare I say inspiring. The perfect antidote to “hype”. A reminder why you, myself and many many others love this hobby. Thank you for this, it will stay with me for some time, of that I have no doubt. Thank you very much for sharing this amazing content. 🙏
This is the reason why my watch channel of choice is TUG/TGV. Thought-provoking insights, great interviews, unbiased opinion, and much better than the channels where your being sold something or shouty channels that think they are in their 20s or trying to poke a stick a someone else for likes and subs. If it wasn't for this channel, and now in my 50's and coming a little late to the party, I wouldn't even own a watch, now I have DJ 41, Seiko FM, and of course a DW290. TUG, the gentleman's channel.
Whart a nice guy, so cool a hotel!!! Now I understand why my grandfather was so fond of Italy!
Your video left a smile on my face. It's great and refreshing to be watching great watch enthusiasts talk about their passion around watches and horology rather than be focusing on the investment side of the industry and how to make money with watches.
Great video but one thing I have to say.....Sandro seems to be a genuinely down to earth nice fella. Loved it!
You are an watch enthusiast but algo a great interviewer, this is one of the best videos I have seen. Increíble persona and hotel. Florence a paradise
What a great man, congrats on making such a class interview possible!
It's a great joy to see this great man!
One of the best videos that I've ever viewed about timepieces! Thank you!
This is what watch collecting is all about. One of my favourite interviews. Keep them coming please. Love this channel!! Big love from india. 🇮🇳
How nice to see such a rich man be so humble and friendly
Beautiful interview, what a wonderful human being he is. 🧡. 🇬🇧
What an amazing interview!… love it. Thx for bringing great context to the table TGV
What an amazing interview. Thank you so much for conducting this interview and creating this video.
Amazing talk. Great watch guy. His words are very meaningful for all watch lovers.
This is your best video to date. Great work!!
Wonderful show, Wonderful man. Brings back memories of fine Italians I met there in the 70's. Humble and wise. Also bought my first nicer watch in Terni in 1976 at age 19, a Tissot with an internal bezel. And I would imagine this is the time that Mr. Fratini was building his denim business ... Denim was starting to pop about that time in Italia. Brilliant. Bis!
Very mind blowing and genuine. I wish I could be at his level after 48 years of watch collecting.
That's a great video TGV!!!!! Viva gli orologi! Un saluto da Napoli💙
I loved everything about this video because you can't fake passion. The blend of English and Italian was quite fun and made me miss Italy. 🍻
Wow! What an absolutely wonderful man!,a truly humble person and what a beautiful hotel ❤
Would love to see more content with this guy and some more of his watches! 👍
Wonderful interview. Signore Fratini feels exactly about his watch collection as I do about my fountain pens. I love watches too, but my watch collection is not huge, like my pen collection. I feel the same as he does - I have never sold a fountain pen. I have traded some duplicates a few times, and I sometimes give pens away for special occasions.
I must have watched this video 5 times now
What a fantastic interview and what a Gentleman with a capital G. Thank you TGV
Thank You Sandro, this has been a very interesting "Tour"..Who couldn't help but 'Fallin Love' with some o the Pieces...Fantastic, Thanks Again.
This interview needed someone with subtlety and passion to carry it off - a connoisseur if you will - I can think of no one more apt for this than TGV - well, maybe Hugo :)
He has that kind of class you rarely see this days. Great video
Such passion from this man about his watches , love it !!!!!!! Great video questions and spirit !!!!!! Thank you
Amazing video. Very educational and enjoyable.
I could have watched this for twice as long. A very interesting man. AND those hotel rooms!!!
Really incredible video! Filmography was great and the interview was expertly done. Loved the content!
Mr. Fratini exudes class.
An excellent video. He was very gracious. ❤
Ciao Ti ho conosciuto grazie al video di Davide Cecchini. Ora sono un tuo follower. Unfortunately I didn´t met you in Florence. I lived there for 21 years! Forza Viola Sempre!
What a cool guy! Wonderful interview, as we are used to at this point. I echo Sandro’s feelings, I buy a watch because I fall in love with it, not for external reasons. Excellent work my man, always taking it up to the next level…
That Tissot is very like a watch that my grandfather had but his was a very old Omega, it looks identical, did Omega do something similar many moons ago.
Wonderful instalment TGV. Two true gentlemen sharing the love is truly inspiring. God bless
Thank you Alex, god bless you too! 😎🙌
Best regards,
TGV
Magnifico! Great chat, incredible location - I will drop by one of the hotels before the end of the year.
TGV has done it again 👌 👌 👌
The intro to your videos always give me goosebumps! 😎 Classy and elegant. Really great interview! Keep up the good work. Best wishes from Norway ✌️
Sandro ❤… pure class TGV 🙌
Good evening tgv, what a amazing video you really look like you where in watch Nevada, and Sandro really was a exceptional Gentleman, all the best, Onwards and Upwards your friend Ryan.
Amazing collection and great video 👏
Awesome awesome Interview TGV, thanks for the great content again! Sandro is such a classy guy and totally agree with him that every watch is like a love story. That’s why I often share with my friends who are only into “high value/returns” watches that they’re not enthusiast, they’re just investors. 😂
Great video, very interesting interview. I would like to share that in some way I share his philosophy about collecting watches. What comes in my collection never goes out.
Not a collector of watches but a lover of watches...2000 love affairs 😊
OmG I stayed in this hotel for a few days on my honeymoon - huh- nice to know more about the people behind it.
2000 watches and wearing a matte case Squale 1521. Sheesh. Good taste!
Awesome Gentlemen congratulations Sir 👏
If I remember correctly, Jean-Claude Biver has one of those rare Pateks as well
Fantastic man. I love his outlook.
Much like yours.
Awesome show.
It seems he truly enjoyed talking to you. Likely not the type of guy who seeks out attention or enjoys being interviewed. Nice interview good questions.
He clearly separates his horology passion from his business sense. Even in the hotels horology is a design motif while the amenities, location, etc. drive the business success. I'm unfamiliar with his great success in denim having always bought the least expensive/most functional jeans for my purposes rather than what I apprehend to be designer jeans. (Designer clothes on my frame would be a source of humor rather than joy, lol.) But it's hard to argue with his success!
Wooo! Keep it up! All the best from Milano....
A true love story 👏👏👏
Dear Tristano... I enjoy your channel quite a bit and have tons of respect. Hell I even wear some of your T-Shirt's.... This time though I'm left with 'Oh I wish he didn't...' and 'I wish I could talk to him (you)' kind of feeling... Well... Gotta follow my heart I guess.. Ciao.....
You said it "pure class!"
Sandro is what I think of as a gentleman.
Wow loved that 👏👏👏
Whoa! TGV, were you winding his vintage Tissot chrono😢😅😂
This video was enjoyable as (f)... non other video about watches.
Pure Class!
Numero uno ! About time we got a proper TGV video !
interesting that he is wearing a Squale. Very interesting.
That bathroom was dope
My “gentleman IQ” has raised 10 points from watching this. Thank you for the wonderful gift, TGV and Sandro.
Well done! Great video.
Great interview, Sandro seems like a genuine down to earth guy. The next time I'm in Milan I will make it a point to seek his hotel. My roots (and family) are from Milan and Foggia.
He was indeed. I am pleased to hear that about your future travels, I love Milan, a great city. Enjoy and buon viaggio!
Thank you and best regards,
TGV
Fantastic interview, I have an issue though. I seriously just got back from Italy a couple of weeks ago. I would have tried to book this place if had known. Why couldn't you release this a few weeks ago?? (LOL) Good stuff.
Charming man who just seems to enjoy the collecting
This is a collector of whom Hugo would approve😎
What an inspiring, cool video! Dankeschön TGV!
The watch Godfather!
magnificent TGV.
Bellissimo Video ❤️❤️❤️Avete ragione, bisogna seguire il Cuore. Ho risparmiato tanti anni per il mio Omega Speedmaster Moonphase❤️❤️❤️
Great video about a true enthusiast, pure class in fact 👍
Bellissima intervista!
That Tissot looks really nice!
desert island watch for me would be G Shock Rangeman gpr-b1000
Sandro is pure sprezzatura!
How inspiring. Grazie mille!
Simply delightful, thank you!
Fantastic
Great guy
This is class