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.
#109 “I wanted the absence of colour…I wanted to demystify the rainbow ”- Carolina Bucci, Jewellery designer
#108 “We wanted to create a movement like...lingerie ”- Xavier de Roquemaurel, CEO of Czapek & Cie
#107 “No one looks at a Picasso and says ”Hey, it’s a secondary Picasso” ”- Austen Chu (@horoloupe), Founder of Wristcheck
#106 “Life is finite, we only have a certain time on this planet” – Michael Culyba (@keeperoftimemovie), Director
#105 “The indies used to be my little sandbox that nobody really came in to”- Steve Hallock (@stevehallock), Founder of ticktocking.com
#104 ”The marketing department of lange focused on one thing from the beginning -that was the product” - Alp Sever, Founder of Langepedia (@langepedia)
#103 ”I remember going door to door on this watch street…” - Alp Sever, Founder of Langepedia (@langepedia) Part 1
#102 ”My voice is my calling card.. it’s something that people immediately recognize” - Frankie Herrera, Client Advisor at WatchBox (@frankietech)
#101 ”How do you measure the passion of an individual...is it looking at their instagram?..” - Roni Madhvani, Watch Collector (@roni_m_29)
#100 Episode 100 ! - Dan, Jac, Lung
#99 ”I try and connect everything to watches; one could argue I spend my entire day thinking of watches” - Flum, Watch Collector, Philosopher, Author of Screwdowncrown.com
#98 “Watch collecting for me has to have romance attached to it”- Angus Macdonald (@watchmadmac), Collector
#97 ”I use watches as an anchor for a lot of my memories” – Mr D, Watch Collector (@doobooloo)
#96 ”Live everyday like it’s your last”- Rikki, Author at Scottish Watches
#95 Jac’s Switzerland trip - Dan, Jac, Lung
#94“if youre in , youre in, it’s a lifestyle”- Dave, Author at Scottish Watches
#93 “I was really proud of my watch tan at the end of summer”-Cole Walliser, Filmmaker and music video director
#92 “I have my mum’s friends texting me about buying Rolexes and Omegas”-Cole Walliser, Filmmaker and music video director
#91 ”We never take it for granted that your clients today will be your clients tomorrow ” - Silas Walton, Founder and CEO of A Collected Man
#90 ”It’s what luxury needs to be about…its inclusive as opposed to exclusive” -Rolf Studer, CEO of ORIS
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