GQ: Eric Wind Quoted on Tariffs and Vintage Watch Market

GQ recently wrote ‘Did Tariffs Send the Vintage Watch Market Skyrocketing’. Within the article,Eric Wind is quoted.

When I asked Wind Vintage’s Eric Wind if he thought tariffs were pushing strong sales, the dealer simply responded, “Nope.”

That doesn’t mean Wind isn’t seeing the same growth as his fellow dealers. “I would say right around May 9 or so things really picked up,” he texted me. So, what happened on May 9? Last-minute Mother’s Day gifts, of course. I’m kidding. The Geneva auctions kicked up at that time, and the encouragingly good results reverberated throughout the industry, according to Wind.

The other main driver? The tariffs impacted the price of watches, but it also had a calamitous effect on the economy. In early April, the value of the Dow Jones stock market index dropped below $40,000 and didn’t return above that benchmark until late in the month. “I think the Dow Jones being over $40K is really the key,” Wind said. “People are feeling good about the economy.”

https://www.gq.com/story/tariffs-impact-watch-sales-box-papers-6-6-25