Tim Mosso loves luxury watch collectors, but even the ones you love need to hear hard truths. Tonight, Tim shares five things he hates about watch collectors. From excessively judgmental gatekeepers of taste to people who keep the factory stickers on their watches, there's enough blame to go around. This episode is an etiquette guide for watch collectors and watch enthusiasts.

We've all seen it happen; somebody posts a Rolex, an Hublot, a Panerai, or a Bell & Ross to an internet community, and the catcalls bleed out of every pore. Why can't watch collectors just support and affirm other members of the community? If you don't like Hublot watches but another person is thrilled with his new Big Bang Unico, why not just play along and pay a compliment? It'll improve the tone of the entire watch community, and it costs no more to be nice than to be sour. Even an insincere note of appreciation will be well received by a collector who may have just landed his dream watch.

Another major flashpoint is the guy who keeps the factory shipping stickers on the case of his new Patek Philippe Nautilus, Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, or Rolex Daytona. This is not a ball cap from the New York Yankees team store. Holograms, stickers, hanging tags, and flat brims are fashion statements for branded gear, not status symbols for your next RedBar meetup. Stickers on your watch are about as cool as braces on your teenage grin, and, just as braces gather broccoli, those watch stickers gather arm hair and grime. Do we really need to elaborate past that point? Don't be neurotic, and don't be gross; take those stickers off of your watch.

Also, unless you're Lewis Hamilton - The Greatest is exempt - then you really shouldn't be wearing bracelets and wrist tinsel with your watch. Not only does all of that hardware absolutely savage the finish of your watch, but some of it might even be a hazard to your health. Tim met the unfortunate fate of deep cuts and blood drawn by an encounter with a co-worker's mass of superfluous flair. Once you've been cut by all that fashionable razor wire, you start to realize how your watch feels sharing space with it.

Tonight's episode takes you inside the world of Tim Mosso and five things he can't stand about watch collectors.

Tonight, Tim Mosso shares these and more unpopular opinions about collecting luxury watches.

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