For Watch Nerds, There’s Nothing Like Rolliefest in NYC

It was only the first day of Rolliefest on Sept. 26, and grown men were already emotional. “This is a room of my favorite people,” the actor, director and watch aficionado Fred Savage gushed to me last Friday. The room in question was not small. More than 200 watch geeks had gathered in the entrance hall to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the beloved watch show-and-tell. These were the crème de la crème of global horology, all dressed up, flicking their wrists so their brethren could get a peek at the objects of their desire.

“I just got this bezel for Rollifest,” ...