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.
#143 Team Meeting! - Dan, Jac, Lung
#142 “I’m a lover of watches…for me, that has no color, that has no face, no nationality, no language, that is just an interpretation of what we love”- Carlos Ramirez @carlossramirezr
#141 “How can you educate diversity if you don’t know what diversity looks like”- Bennet Lee, Owner of @heritagemeatshk
#140 “If I wear a Patek, people are going to know at work, so the main reason I bought a FPJ is because…”- James Li @journehutong , Collector
#139 ”My experience has been very lucky” - Raven @thingskeepingtime
#138 ”If I had to pick a single brand in the advancement of chronometry...” - Raven @thingskeepingtime
#137 WOOHOO - Dan, Jac, Lung
#136 “If you just train yourself through the lens of gratitude…you’re just better ” – Chris Chung, Entrepreneur and Podcast host
#135 “I just thought collecting Pateks would be a little cliché ” – Dave Geng, A Lange & Sohne collector
#134 “They were the ugliest shoes he had seen…they were Crocs” – Dave Geng, Collector
#133 Merry Christmas !
#132 “There is one VFA above all the other VFAs…” – Gerald Donovan, Grand Seiko collector
#131 “so many micro brands…like why is that even a thing?” – Robert Velasquez (@doublewristing), Watch Industry Specialist
#130 “I am so rich based on my relationships…the ones that I made through the decades” – Robert Velasquez (@doublewristing), Watch Industry Specialist
#129 “I actually wanted to call it the magpie collection…” – Mark Cho (@markchodotcom), Collector and Founder of The Amoury
#128 “It felt like a drug deal, I was high for half a day” – Nop Srinara (@nopstar83), Collector
#127 “It was just for me…just a souvenir for a cool watch I owned…” – Alex Eisenzammer (@watchoniste), Artist
#126 “My holy grail is my daily beater and it’s my go to piece”- Omar Traboulsi (@thewrongwrist), Collector
#125 “I made MisterChrono in Hong Kong kind of Mr. Mark” (@watchcrazyham), Mark Hammerschmidt, Collector
#124 “The market had been telling me that my ideas were not that good for 15 years” – Romaric Andre, Founder of Seconde/Seconde (@secondeseconde)
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