What, This Old Thing?

Zoe Abelson lives for vintage watches. The 31-year-old collector manages the Instagram account @watchgirloffduty and is a senior client adviser at WatchBox, an e-commerce platform that sells pre-owned luxury timepieces. She’s based in Hong Kong and has worked in an industry that’s dominated by men for almost a decade. “People ask me what it’s like being a woman who works with watches, but I thrive in masculine environments,” she tells me. “My mom said, ‘You’re going to find yourself a husband within the first week.’” Ten years later, and Abelson’s