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.
#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
#163-“In the two months I stopped working… I developed this watch”–Simon Brette , Watchmaker
#162– “These timepieces were the source of my memories with my dad”–Paul Boutros , Head of Americas for Phillips Watches
#161– “I wish heritage departments had their own budgets”–Part 2 Cameron Steiner , Host of Collectors Gene Radio
#160 - Team catchup !
#159- ”We’re not curing cancer here...we’re having fun”- Stephen Pulvirent, Founder of Rime & Reason
#158- ”Red nail polish...I wonder who brought it along” - Martin Frei, Co-Founder of URWERK
#157 - ”I dont mean to boast...but i think most of them got their first Cartier because of me”- Alvin Chong, Collector
#156- ” ”He’s almost handsome” that has stuck with me...”- Andrew Morgan, Content Creator
#155– “My pebble ...one of those pristine safe queens” – Nick @cartierwatchnerd, Collector
#154– “Their sports watches all look like Rolex knock off” – Servo, Collector, Part 2
#153– “I loved selling ladies shoes and handbags” – Servo, Collector
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