In this episode John shares incredible stories of his career, how he started, the interview process with Patek Philippe, his time there, and finally coming full circle to launch his business COLLECTABILITY. We also talk about his book ‘Patek Philippe in America’ and the people behind the scenes who work in the watch factories that make all this possible.
#183- ”We felt it was important to have plurality in terms of news” – Allen Farmelo & William Massena, Founders of The Watch Space
#182- ”I had to be extremely stubborn to make this happen...every supplier was trying to gently advise me not to do it” – Slyvain Berneron, Founder of Berneron watches
#181- ”You don’t want to look back on a book full of regrets” – Todd Searle, Author, Creative Director, Collector
#180- ”We wanted to provide that safe protected environment for ladies to come in” – Deborah Wong & Stephanie Soh, Collectors and Founders of Ticktockbelles
#179- Poop talk – Dan, Jac, Lung
#178- “I want to create something...that feeling of cretaing is how it all started” – Amrita Katara, Editor of Tatler GMT Hong Kong
#177- “A product doesn’t define a business” – Ken Kuan, Founder of Delugs
#176- “You couldn’t differentiate the man from the artist” – Evelyne and Alexia Genta, Wife & Daughter of Gerald Genta
#175- “The most difficult thing I find from a design perspective are the entry level pieces...” – Ming Thein, Cofounder of MING Watches
#174- “Two years ago I had better things to do than look at pieces of metal” – Johnathan Chan, Cofounder of The Horology Club
#173- “Librarians like to say cataloging is an art, not a science” – Dr Miranda Marraccini, Librarian
#172- REAL TALK – Dan, Jac, Lung
#171- “The market cap is extremely important in preserving the brands in this industry” – Samuel Naldi, Pen collector and more
#170- “They wont readily admit this came from the Americans” – Joshua Shapiro, Founder of J.N.Shapiro watches
#169- “Launching in China was an absolutely shitty idea” – Robin Tallendier, Co-founder of Atelier Wen
#168- “The worst watches I worked on came from the 2000s” – Gael & Florian, Founders of Petermann Bedat
#167- “My passion, you can see it on my face” – Kevin O’Dell, Collector
#166- “You really have to turn over stock to make it work” – Ben, Founder of Watch Brothers London
#165-“We probably have the highest rate of people who are loyal to the brand”– Jean Marc Pontroue, CEO of Panerai
#164-“You can’t have a sharp profile in your design language and please everybody”–Wilhelm Schmid, A Lange & Sohne’s CEO
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