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.
#72 “If you want to be in the fashion industry…you got to learn to smile” – Federico Tan (@fedtan), Watch Collector and Founder of Advisory Council (@_advisorycouncil)
#71 “Freedom is important..i don’t know how to do it any other way”– Carolina Bucci (@carolina_bucci), Jewellery Designer and Founder of La Catena
#70 “There is an attraction I have to watches that aren’t exactly in vogue”– Charlie Dunne (@books_on_time), Collector and Contributor at rescapement.com
#69 “The tactile sensation…the thing I think about when I think about the Simplicity”– Eric Ku (@fumanku), Collector and Founder of loupethis & 10pastten
#68 “I’m telling people the word unpolished is bullshit” – Eric Ku (@fumanku), Collector and Founder of loupethis & 10pastten
#67 “You always feel a bit small when you’re amongst collectors” – Alvin Wong, Editor in Chief of Crown Watch Blog
#66 “Pocket watches…the last few treasure hunts we have” – John Reardon (@johnreardon570), Founder of COLLECTABILITY (Part 2)
#64 “The watch industry is used to crises” – Serge Maillard, CEO of Europastar
#63 “It is your personality on your wrist”– Melissa Kong, Managing Editor of Crown Watch Blog
#62 “It can be a trophy that I can wear” – Masaharu Wada (@masaharu.me), Editor of Hodinkee Japan (Part 2)
#61 “As a kid I bought into this model minority thing” – James Ren (@watchmedtime), Watch Collector and Co-Founder of @beyond.the.dial (Part 1)
#60 “Watches…it exercises my engineering mind” – Carson Chan (@watchprofessor), Watch Collector (Part 1)
#59 “You need to have a bit of fear always at the back of your mind” – Sean F (@buat_masa), Watch Collector (Part 1)
#58 Giving birth to a family of watch lovers - Watch Collector @Watchmadmac (Part 2)
#57 “Is another brand jumping on the hype train?” – Joe (@Biaoist), Watch Collector and Founder of Redbar Taiwan (Part 1)
#56“If I had been wearing a gold Rolex, my arm would have been chopped off” – Kelvin Sa, Watch Collector and Co-founder of the ShanghaiWatchGang (Part 2)
#55 “Many times the most sophisticated restoration that is undisclosed happens to watches that go through auction…” – Eric Wind (@ericmwind), Founder of Wind Vintage
#54 “I’m now a Chrono24 scroller” – Lydia Winters (@enjoythewatches) , Watch Collector
#53 “I was obsessed with time keeping, counting down to recess”- Ronald Chew (@horologym), Watch Collector
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